- reduced, with one to a few
ovuliferous scales, and one seed on each
ovuliferous scale. As the seed matures, the
ovuliferous scale develops into a fleshy...
- and fleshy, with one to
several ovules per scale. The
bract scale and
ovuliferous scale are
fused together except at the apex,
where the
bract scale is...
- and the ovules, are
located on
modified stem axes
forming compound ovuliferous cone scales.
Flowering plants contain microsporangia in the
anthers of...
-
carried by
microsporophyll (modified leaf) and
seeds are
carried by
ovuliferous scales in the male and
female cones respectively. The
exception is the...
- The
female cone has two
types of scale:
bract scale and seed
scale (or
ovuliferous scale), one
subtended by each
bract scale,
derived from a
highly modified...
- Adendorff, R., McLoughlin, S. & Bamford, M.K. 2002. A new
genus of
ovuliferous glossopterid fruits from
South Africa.
Palaeontologia africana, 38: 1-17...
-
gymnosperms such as conifers,
ovules are
borne on the
surface of an
ovuliferous (ovule-bearing) scale,
usually within an
ovulate cone (also
called megastrobilus)...
-
bract scales,
while Wollemia and
Agathis both have
fully fused bracts,
ovuliferous scales, and
winged seeds.
Scrutiny of the
fossil record likewise does...
-
informal groups, the
primitive "walchian conifers" like Walchia,
where the
ovuliferous cone is
composed of
radial shoots and the more
advanced "voltzian voltziales"...
- conifer,
representing either fragmented pollen cones or axes
which bore
ovuliferous cone scales.
Other authors have
advanced similar criticisms, particularly...
