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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

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Plant Cone MeSH Descriptor Data 2025