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Detail of the median plane trhough a female cone

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1  megasporophyll
2   megasporangium=megagametophyt

English name: Pine
Scientific name: Pinus nigra
Familia: Pinaceae
Classis: Coniferopsida
Phylum: Gymnospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Female cones consist of sterile bracts (scales) and megasporophylls that contain each two megasporangia