Lichens and mycorrhiza
lichen: a symbiosis between algae and fungi
mycobiont (myco-, "fungus" + -biont, "one who lives [with]")
phycobiont (phyco-, "alga" + -biont, "one who lives [with]")
crustose (crust-, "crust" + -ose, "having the qualities of")
foliose (foli-, "leaves" + -ose, "having the qualities of")
fruticose (frutic-, "fruit" + -ose, "having the qualities of")
cortex (L. "bark")
medulla (general term for an inner part, surrounded by a cortex)
rhizine (Gk. rhizo, "root")
soredium (Gk. soros, "heap")
isidium
appressorium (ap-, "on, against" + -pressor-, "one who presses" + -ium, suffix for a noun)
haustorium (from Gk. hauster, "one who drinks")
ectomycorrhiza [pl. ectomycorrhizae] (ecto-, "outside" + mycorrhiza)
endomycorrhiza [pl. endomycorrhizae] (endo-, "inside" + mycorrhiza) = VAM = vesicular/arbuscular mycorrhiza
vesicle ("small vessel")
arbuscule (arbusc-, "tree-like" + -ule, diminutive suffix)
Chlorophyta
Prasinophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Ulvophyceae
Charophyceae
reticulate
phycoplast (phyco-, "algae" + -plast, "formed element")
phragmoplast (phragmo-, "fence, enclosure" + -plast, "formed element")
coenobium [pl. coenobia]
siphonous
desmid
rhizoid (rhizo-, "root" + -id, "like")
stonewort
Coleocheatales
zygospore
sporopollenin
Plantae (L. "plants")
tracheophyte
bryophyte
sporophyte
sporangium
foot
seta
gametophyte
gametangium
antheridium
stalk
spermatogenous
archegonium
venter
neck
embryo
rhizoid
calyptra
Hepatophyta
thallose
gemma [pl. gemmae]
elater
Anthocerophyta
Bryophyta
peristome
capsule
operculum
Rhyniophyta
Zosterophyllophyta
Trimerophyta
Pterophyta
Lycophyta
Lycopodiacieae
Selaginellaceae
Isoetaceae
Sphenophyta
Psilotophyta
Progymnospermophyta
dermal tissue system
vascular tissue system
ground tissue system
protostele
siphonostele
eustele
microphyll
megaphyll
homospory
heterospory
strobilus [pl. strobili]
sporophyll
adventitious root
phloem
sieve element
xylem
lignin
tracheary element
tracheid
protostele
siphonostele
eustele
rhizome
adventitious roots
frond
petiole
rhizome
sporophyll
sorus [pl., sori] (L. "heap")
indusium [pl., indusia] (L. "woman's undergarment")
prothallus [pl., prothalli]
eusporangiate
eusporangium [pl., eusporangia ]
Filicinales
leptosporangiate
leptosporangium [pl., leptosporangia ]
Azolla
Salvinia
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