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megastrobilus

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gymnosperm reproduction

  • pinyon pine
    In gymnosperm: General features

    Female ovulate cones, called megastrobili, may be borne on the same plant that bears microstrobili (as in conifers) or on separate plants (as in cycads and Ginkgo). A megastrobilus contains many scales, called megasporophylls, that contain megasporangia. Within each megasporangium, a single cell undergoes meiotic division to produce four…

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  • pinyon pine
    In gymnosperm: Pinophyta

    The ovulate cone, the megastrobilus, is more complex than the microstrobilus. The megastrobilus bears seeds on flattened dwarf branches, all parts of which are fused (ovuliferous scales). Subtending the ovuliferous scale on the cone axis is a reduced scale leaf, or bract. In some conifers the bract is unrecognizable…

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  • weeping willow tree
    In plant: Gymnosperms

    …than the female cone (megastrobilus) and is essentially an aggregation of many small structures (microsporophylls) that encase the pollen in microsporangia.

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