Difference between revisions of "Propagule"
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| − | '''propagule''' (''pl.'' propagules | + | '''propagule''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' propagules; ''synonym:'' [[diaspore]]) – any reproductive structure, whether [[sexual]] (generative) or [[asexual]] ([[somatic]], vegetative); restricted by some authors to ''somatic'' propagules, i. e., [[thallus]] fragments capable of propagating (e. g., [[isidia]], [[soredia]], [[phyllidia]], [[phyllocladia]], etc.). ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of upper thallus surface]][[:Category:Part of upper thallus surface|part of upper thallus surface]]. ''Kind of:'' [[Category:Upper surface structure]][[:Category:Upper surface structure|upper surface structure]]. |
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propagule (noun, pl. propagules; synonym: diaspore) – any reproductive structure, whether sexual (generative) or asexual (somatic, vegetative); restricted by some authors to somatic propagules, i. e., thallus fragments capable of propagating (e. g., isidia, soredia, phyllidia, phyllocladia, etc.). This is:part of upper thallus surface. Kind of:upper surface structure.
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