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Longitudinal section through a strobilus of a spikemoss
Legend:
1 stobilus axis
3 microsporangium
4 macrosporangium
2 scale
English name: Spikemoss
Scientific name: Selaginella sp.
Familia: Selaginellaceae
Classis: Lycopsida
Phylum: Lycophyta
Regnum: Plantae
Longitudinal section through a strobilus of a spike moss. The strobilus has 2 types of sporangia and is heterosporous. After meiosis in the microsporangia (haploid) microspores are formed that develop to male gametophytes, while the macrosporangia containing the (haploid) macrospores develop to the female gametophytes
