Assertion: gametophyte | /r/HasProperty | reduced
Facets:
value: very highly
type: DEGREE
value: heavily
type: DEGREE
value: in endosporic species
type: OTHER
value: in vascular plants
type: LOCATION
value: in size
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: much
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In bryophytes the gametophyte is the highly visible, persistent phase of the plant, but in vascular plants the gametophyte is short-lived and often much reduced in size.
text: In ferns and all higher vascular plants, the sporophyte is the one we see, while the gametophyte has been heavily reduced.
text: In endosporic species, the gametophytes of both sexes are very highly reduced and contained within the spore wall.