Pinopsid plants with ovulate strobili borne axiallary to a bract of leaf; ovules platyspermic, borne on pinnate sporophylls.
Male: Pollen organs formed into loose cones; pollen monosaccate.
Foliage: Leaves elongate-linear, helically disposed, with a single longitundinal vein.
Woody, branched plants; shoots bearing elongate-linear leaves, helically disposed, dichotomously divided and univeined. Female organs lax, compound, with sessile or pedunculate ovules placed on leaves or axillary to leaves.
systematic position:
Gymnosperms
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith