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Branches of the sporophyte of Psilotum with sporangia (insert: detail sporangium)
English name: Psilotum
Scientific name: Psilotum sp.
Familia: Psilotaceae
Classis: Psilotatae
Phylum: Pteridophyta
Regnum: Plantae
Meiosis occurs in the homosporous sporangia (one kind of sporangia). The formation of spores initiates the gametophytic generation. Psilotum exhibits an alteration of heteromorphic generations. See diagram by typing the key term Life cycle under search)