Image Number: 1379009

1. Branchlet with male strobiles. - 2. Branchlet with female (a, b) strobiles (cone-inflorescences), and one year old developing (immature) cones (c, d). - 3. Mature branchlet with conelets and terminal bud (needles partially removed). - 4. Branchlet with ripe, open cone. - 5. Seed scales from outer (abaxial, a), and inner (adaxial, b) sides. - 6. Winged seed (a, b), and seed after wing was removed (c - e). - 7. Seedling with cotyledons. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subject: Pinus strobus L.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Image last updated:
Thursday, January 3, 2013