Gonophore vs. Gynophore — What's the Difference?

A gonophore is a reproductive organ in Hydrozoa that produces gametes. It is a sporosac, a medusa or any intermediate stage.

A gynophore is the stalk of certain flowers which supports the gynoecium (the ovule-producing part of a flower), elevating it above the branching points of other floral parts.Plant genera that have flowers with gynophores include Telopea, Peritoma arborea and Brachychiton.

A reproductive structure that forms on a hydrozoan polyp.

A stalk that supports the pistil in certain plants.

(botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels.

(botany) The stalk of a pistil; the stalk, present in certain flowers (such as those of the genera Telopea and Brachychiton), which supports the gynoecium.

(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.

The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.

A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

The stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle