A sporophyte (/ˈspɔːr.əˌfaɪt/) is the diploid multicellular stage in the life cycle of a plant or alga which produces asexual spores. This stage alternates...

gametophyte – alternates with a diploid asexual phase – the sporophyte. A mature sporophyte produces haploid spores by meiosis, a process which reduces...

water and nutrients, and in having life cycles in which the branched sporophyte is the dominant phase. Ferns have complex leaves called megaphylls that...

produced by the sporophyte's stamens, and the female gametophytes develop within ovules produced by the sporophyte's carpels. The sporophyte generation of...

cycles are dominated by a multicellular haploid gametophyte stage Their sporophytes are diploid and unbranched They do not have a true vascular tissue containing...

unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium of a diploid sporophyte. In some rare cases, diploid spore is also produced in some algae, or...

multicellular organism, the second stage in the life cycle known as the sporophyte. The sporophyte can produce haploid spores by meiosis that on germination produce...

vascular plants. Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores...

lifecycles involving alternation of generations. One generation, the sporophyte, gives rise to the next generation, the gametophyte asexually via spores...

an embryo, which will grow into a new diploid individual, known as a sporophyte. In seed plants, a structure called the ovule contains the female gametophyte...