Strobilus
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A strobilus is a structure present on many land plant species consisting of sporangia-bearing structures densely aggregated along a stem. Strobili are often called cones, but some botanists restrict t
Strobili of Lycopodium
Liquid-preserved strobili of Lycopodium, showing reniform sporangia through translucent sporophylls
Micrograph of the strobilus of Lycopodium sp., showing spores borne in sporangia
Strobili of Selaginella
Cycad
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Cycads —constituting the division Cycadophyta—are seed plants with a stout, woody cylindrical trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and usually pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious,
Strobilus
…microsporangia are called microsporangiate strobili or pollen cones, and those bearing ovules are megasporangiate strobili or seed cones (or ovulate cones). Cycadophyta are typically dioecious (seed strobili and pollen strobili are produced on separate plants). The lateral organs of seed strobili are megasporophylls…
Cycas circinalis
Growth habit
Rosette of pinnate leaves around a cylindrical trunk
Leaves and strobilus of Encephalartos sclavoi