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Homosporous

('homo' meaning 'same' and 'sporous' referring to spores)

Reproductive aspect of bryophytes and most pterophytes but not seed-bearing plants.

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That is, the male and female gametophytes arise, if separate genders are present, from otherwise equivalent spores, as one sees with mosses. Alternatively, as seen with plants do not possess separate genders, e.g., as one tends to see with ferms.

Contrast with heterosporous.

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