sporopollenin

Japanese: sporopollenin
sporopollenin


[Spore characteristics and dispersion]
Algal spores are released and dispersed in water, so their spore walls are not thick, but in terrestrial plants such as mosses and vascular plants, the spores are covered with a thick, multi-layered spore wall to withstand drying, and may also be wrapped in a periderm. The spore wall is made of a substance called sporopollenin. The surface of the spores of horsetail plants is wrapped with two elastic threads formed by the thickening of the spore wall, which unravel and rewind depending on the surrounding wetness or dryness, helping the spores to be released.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sporopollenin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[胞子の特性と分散]
 藻類の胞子は水中に放出,散布されるので,胞子壁は厚くないが,コケ植物や維管束植物など陸上生活を営むものでは,胞子は乾燥に耐えられるように,多層からなる厚い胞子壁でおおわれ,さらに周皮によって包まれている場合もある。胞子壁はスポロポレニンsporopolleninとよばれる物質からできている。トクサ植物の胞子の表面には胞子壁の肥厚によってできた2本の弾糸がまきつき,周囲の乾湿によってほどけたり,まきついたりするので,胞子の放出に役だっている。…

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