Coniferophyta [audio pronunciation]

General features of the seed plants

Common name

Conifers

Synonyms

Pinophyta

Sporophytes

Monoecious or dioecious: trees, shrubs

Strobili

Simple or clustered pollen cone; compound seed cone with ovules on cone scales

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

None

Representative genera

Abies, Cedrus, Juniperus, Metasequoia, Picea, Pinus, Podocarpus, Sequoia, Sequoiadendron, Taxodium

Recognized by

Compound seed cones, needle or scale leaves

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