What Is Endosperm and Types

In angiosperms the endosperm is a special tissue which is formed as a result of vegetative fertilization, triple fusion or fusion of a male gamete with diploid secondary nucleus of the central cell. … Depending upon the mode of its formation, angiospermic endosperm is of three types— nuclear, cellular and helobial.

What is called endosperm?

endosperm, tissue that surrounds and nourishes the embryo in the seeds of angiosperms (flowering plants). In some seeds the endosperm is completely absorbed at maturity (e.g., pea and bean), and the fleshy food-storing cotyledons nourish the embryo as it germinates.

What forms endosperm?

Endosperm is formed when the two sperm nuclei inside a pollen grain reach the interior of a female gametophyte (sometimes called the embryo sac).