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Abstract
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.
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- Cones, Plant
- Plant Cones
- Cone, Plant
- Catkins
- Microstrobili
- Microstrobilus
- Pine Cone
- Seed Cones
- Spore Cones
- Strobili
- Strobilus
- Catkin
- Cone, Pine
- Cone, Seed
- Cone, Spore
- Pine Cones
- Seed Cone
- Spore Cone
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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2022
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Plant Cone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000090342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000090342
- Plant Cone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_(botany)
- Plant Cone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22710