DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In anthers, microsporocytes go through meiotic divisions to produce microspores, which will form male gametophyte (pollen grain) by subsequent mitotic divisions. In an analogous scenario in ovules, megasporocytes produce magaspores by meiosis, which eventually form the female gametophyte (embryo sac).

Detailed explanation-2: -The male gametophyte is initiated in the flower within anther sacs. Their precursors consist of large cells found in a stacked column near the center of the anther sacs; these cells are known as microsporocytes (or microspore mother cells). Microsporocytes undergo meiosis forming four cells, each known as microspores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scientific definitions for microsporocyte microsporocyte. [ mī′krə-spôr′ə-sīt′ ] A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to produce microspores as part of microsporogenesis. Also called microspore mother cell pollen mother cell.