Gametophore
The technical term Gametophor or Gametangiophor (of gametangium and Greek Φορά, phor, " Born to be " German, so " Gametangienträger ", or " Gametangienstand " ) is in mosses and ferns ( Archegoniata ) the name of the carrier of reproductive organs, the archegonia and antheridia of. If both archegonia and antheridia on the same plant, so they are called monoecious. Are there both male and female plants, so they are called dioecious.
In mosses are called Gametophor the articulated in stems and leaves actual moss plant ( see also " thallus "). It represents the adult form of the haploid gametophyte and develops from its juvenile form, the protonema, under the influence of phytohormones (by a cytokinin ). While the filamentous protonema grows with einschneidiger apical cell, the Gametophor has a three -bladed apical cell.