Calyptra
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Calyptra (from καλύπτρα (kalúptra) "veil") is a scientific term used in botany. It describes a feature in plant morphology.
Calyptra on top of the brown spore capsule (sporophyte) of the moss Physcomitrella patens. The brownish archegonial venter is still visible.
Bryophytes[edit]
In bryophytes, the calyptra (plural calyptrae) is an enlarged archegonial venter that protects the capsule containing the embryonic sporophyte.[1] The calyptra is usually lost before the spores are released from the capsule. The shape of the calyptra can be used for identification purposes.[2]
Flowering plants[edit]
In flowering plants, the calyptra is a covering tissue for stamens and carpels. The name is also used for the capping tissue of roots, the root cap.
References[edit]
- ^ Ralf Reski (1998): Development, genetics and molecular biology of mosses. In: Botanica Acta. 111, 1-15.
- ^ Malcolm; Malcolm, Bill; Nancy (2006), Mosses and other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary, Micro-Optics Press, p. 65, ISBN 0-9582224-7-9
External links[edit]
"Calyptra". The New Student's Reference Work. 1914.
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