A gametophyte development stage during which a gametophyte undergoes filamentous growth and that succeeds spore germination and precedes a thalloid development stage (planar growth) or gametophore development stage.
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The protonema phase ends with the development of gametophores in mosses, some other bryophytes, and leptosporangiate ferns and with the development of a thallus in other bryophytes, although protonema tissue may persist of continue to develop after this.
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Pteridophytes
Bryophytes
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