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[[File:Fern-frond-sori.jpg|thumb|right|The sporophyll of a fern. It is a fertile leaf bearing reproductive structures.]]
A '''sporophyll''' is a [[leaf]] that bears [[sporangia]]. Both microphylls and megaphylls can be sporophylls. In heterosporous plants, sporophylls (whether they are microphylls or megaphylls) bear either megasporangia and thus are called '''megasporophylls''', or microsporangia and are called '''microsporophylls'''. The overlap of the prefixes and roots makes these terms a particularly confusing subset of botanical nomenclature.
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