zoosporangiophorehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoosporangiophore_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoosporangiophore, n.
Revised 2017

zoosporangiophorenoun

Biology.
  1. 1889–
    A sporangiophore bearing zoosporangia.
    1. 1889
      The propagating zoospores are borne in zoosporanges at the end of cylindrical or club-shaped zoosporangiophores.
      A. W. Bennett & G. R. M. Murray, Handbook of Cryptogamic Botany 326
    2. 1902
      The sporophore may be a conidiophore, a zoosporangiophore, etc., according to the nature of the spores produced.
      Ohio Naturalist vol. 2 216
    3. 1993
      Zoosporangia (and zoosporangiophores) were gently brushed from the cotyledons and leaves into distilled water.
      Phytopathologia Mediterranea vol. 32 107/1
    4. 2006
      Fuzzy, grayish white zoosporangiophores and zoosporangia were commonly produced on the underside of affected leaves.
      Plant Dis. vol. 90 1461

Originally published as part of the entry for zoosporangium, n.

zoosporangiophore, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoosporangiophore, n. was last modified in July 2023.