مخروط صنوبري

Mature female European Black Pine cone

المخروط الصنوبري Conifer cone هو عضو في النباتات من division Pinophyta (conifers) التي تحتوي على بنى reproductive. المخروط الخشبي المعتاد هو المخروط الأنثى، الذي ينتج البذور. المخروطات الذكرية، التي تنتج pollen, are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity. The name "cone" derives from the fact that the shape in some species resembles a geometric cone. الصفائح المفردة من المخروط تـُسمى قشور scales.

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 مخروطات أنثى من العائلات المخروطية

 Pinaceae cones

Intact and disintegrated fir cones

Young cones of a Colorado Blue Spruce

 Podocarpaceae cones

Berry-like Podocarpus cone

 Cupressaceae cones

Juniper "berries", which are used to flavor gin, are actually modified cones.

Giant Sequoia cones

 Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae cones

Berry-like yew cone

 مخروطات كاذبة

Developing Pineapple pseudocone galls on Norway Spruce.

 معرض الصور

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  A pinecone covered in ice after an ice storm.

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  Male cones of a pine

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  A classic example of a Lebanese Cedar Turd

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  Immature female pine cone

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  Pollen cone of a Japanese Larch

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  Pineapple gall on Sitka Spruce caused by Adelges abietis.

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  Dozens of male cones (orange and flower-like) occur in a cluster; the female cone is still immature (olive green). Lodgepole Pine.

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  Blue spruce with pine cones

 معلومات عامة

• The Norwegian municipality of Drangedal has two pine cones in its coat-of-arms.

• Because of their unique mass distribution and aerodynamical qualities, pine cones are often used as rudimentary play objects, such as in pine cone golf. Small children are also known to wedge twigs and brush between the scales of a pine cone to imitate animals, such as the cone cow.

• The Pokémon Pineco is based on the concept of a bagworm using mimicry to resemble a pinecone.

• The arrangement of scales on many pine cones demonstrate Fibonacci numbers.

 وصلات خارجية

• Arboretum de Villardebelle Images of various conifer-cones
• Gymnosperm cone images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu