A strobilus (pl.: strobili) 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 the use of the term cone to the woody seed strobili of conifers.

A conifer cone, or in formal botanical usage a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in conifers and cycads. They are usually woody and variously conic, cylindrical, ovoid, to globular, and have scales and bracts arranged around a central axis, but can be fleshy and berry -like.

The meaning of STROBILUS is an aggregation of sporophylls resembling a cone (as in the club mosses and horsetails).

Strobilus In subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences Early pollen cones (microsporangiate strobili) were simple structures consisting of an axis with modified leaves (microsporophylls) that bore microsporangia.

strobilus: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts; reproductive structure of conifers. Some seed-producing plants do not have flowers and fruit.

Wide variations in the female (megasporangiate) reproductive structures among the conifers are the main basis for their classification. Most living conifers have a seed cone that is interpreted as a compound strobilus; each cone scale, inserted in the axil of a bract, is equivalent to an entire simple pollen cone.

cone, in botany, mass of scales or bracts, usually ovate in shape, containing the reproductive organs of certain nonflowering plants. The cone, a distinguishing feature of pines and other conifers, is also found on all gymnosperms, on some club mosses, and on horsetails. This article was most recently revised and updated by Melissa Petruzzello.