What is "trichogyne"

Trichogyne \Trich"o*gyne\, n. [F., fr. Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair + ? woman, female.] (Bot.) The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds. -- Trich`o*gyn"ic, a.

n. (context botany English) The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilize particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds.

NOTE This is about the plant genus. For a morphological term used to describe fungi and algae, click here.

Trichogyne is a genus of South African plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the sunflower family.

Species formerly included

see Ifloga