Plant Cone

Kotte

Engelsk definition

Any conical shaped aerial plant structure with scales or bracts arranged spirally around axis. It includes familiar seed cones of PINE TREE and other GYMNOSPERMS, pollen cones (e.g., microstrobilus), spore capsules in HORSETAIL and CLUBMOSS and mature female catkins or seed cones of ALDER and BIRCH trees. Cone morphology is important in gymnosperm classification.

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Cone, Plant — Cones, Plant — Plant Cones — Strobilus — Strobili — Microstrobilus — Microstrobili — Pine Cone — Cone, Pine — Pine Cones — Seed Cones — Cone, Seed — Seed Cone — Catkins — Catkin — Spore Cones — Cone, Spore — Spore Cone