noun
- the condition or quality of producing spores of only one kind, especially in ferns and other plants.
Usage: biology; botany
Examples
- Isospory is common in many fern species, where all spores develop into similar gametophytes.
- The botanist studied isospory as a key characteristic distinguishing certain plant groups.
- Unlike heterosporous plants, those exhibiting isospory produce uniform spores.
- Isospory in primitive vascular plants represents an ancestral condition.