Preferred Label : Plant Cone;
MeSH definition : Any conical shaped aerial plant structure with scales or bracts arranged spirally
around axis. It includes familiar seed cones of PINE TREE and other GYMNOSPERMS, pollen
cones (e.g., microstrobilus), spore capsules in HORSETAIL and CLUBMOSS and mature
female catkins or seed cones of ALDER and BIRCH trees. Cone morphology is important
in gymnosperm classification.;
MeSH synonym : Cone, Plant; Cones, Plant; Plant Cones;
MeSH hyponym : Strobili; Microstrobili; Cone, Pine; Pine Cones; Cone, Seed; Seed Cone; Catkins; Catkin; Cone, Spore; Spore Cone;
Origin ID : D000090342;
UMLS CUI : C0330095;
Allowable qualifiers
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Record concept(s)
Semantic type(s)
- Plant [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Any conical shaped aerial plant structure with scales or bracts arranged spirally
around axis. It includes familiar seed cones of PINE TREE and other GYMNOSPERMS, pollen
cones (e.g., microstrobilus), spore capsules in HORSETAIL and CLUBMOSS and mature
female catkins or seed cones of ALDER and BIRCH trees. Cone morphology is important
in gymnosperm classification.