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Plant Cone MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Plant Cone
Tree Number(s)
A18.024.625
Unique ID
D000090342
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000090342
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Catkins
Cones, Plant
Microstrobili
Microstrobilus
Pine Cone
Plant Cones
Seed Cones
Spore Cones
Strobili
Strobilus
Public MeSH Note
2022
History Note
2022
Date Established
2022/01/01
Date of Entry
2021/07/09
Revision Date
2021/05/10
Plant Cone Preferred
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