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Which type of sporangium is found in the Whisk Fern (Tmesipteris)?

A. Eusporangium
B. Leptosporangium

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The Whisk Fern (Tmesipteris) bears a type of sporangium known as eusporangium, which is larger than leptosporangium and develops on yellow knobs at branch tips or nodes.

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The type of sporangium found in the Whisk Fern (Tmesipteris) is an eusporangium. Unlike leptosporangia, which are found in most other ferns and are typically small stalked structures with a band of specialized cells called an annulus, eusporangia develop from a group of epidermal cells and are comparatively larger. In whisk ferns, sporangia develop on small yellow knobs at the tip of a branch or at branch nodes. These yellowish sporangia are conspicuous and spherical, which are characteristic features of whisk ferns such as Psilotum nudum, a species within the class Psilotopsida.

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