Assertion: gametophyte | /r/HasProperty | dependent
Facets:
value: upon the female gametophyte
type: OTHER
value: upon the sporophyte
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In other species, including nearly all those of the north temperate zone, the gametophyte is subterranean, slower growing, and dependent upon an associated fungus for continued growth.
text: The sporangia of vascular plants are technically asexual, but in the seed plants, because the gametophytes are wholly dependent upon the sporophyte and the female gametophyte even remains within the megasporangium, sexual terminology continues to be erroneously extended to the sporophyte and sporangium-bearing organs.