Ovules are borne on |
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a) |
Microsporophyll |
b) |
Megasporophyll |
c) |
Macrosporophyll |
d) |
Both (a) and (c) |
Ovules are borne on |
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a) |
Microsporophyll |
b) |
Megasporophyll |
c) |
Macrosporophyll |
d) |
Both (a) and (c) |
(b) In all cycads except the genus Cycas, the ovules are borne on megasporophylls in megastrobili, in Cycas the ovules develop on individual leaf-like megasporophylls in what is regarded as a primitive arrangement. The microspores of all cycads develop into microstrobili |