A post-pollination prefertilization drop can be seen exuding from the micropylar opening of a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) ovule following removal of an ovuliferous scale-bract complex from a female cone. Scale bar = 1 mm. Photo credit: Coulter et al., 2026

Creation of a #Pseudotsuga menziesii nucellus cell suspension culture system to produce proteins involved in reproduction

New in #AppsPlantSci by Coulter, von Aderkas, et al

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uvicscience.bsky.social #botany #gymnosperm #proteomics #pollination

Above‐ and below‐ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species in a common garden experiment This research highlights the significance of elucidating the mechanisms behind above-and below-ground organs. The varying trait coordination across clades indicates different resource acquisition str...

Study on Above- & #below-groundTrait coordination across 90 #angiosperm and #gymnosperm #tree species in a #commonGarden experiment
highlights different resource strategies associated with #leaf & #fine-root traits.

led by Anvar Sanaei.

@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @journalofecology.bsky.social

Close-up of opening cone on branch

#photo #photography #cones #trees #gymnosperm #plants #nature #winter

A photo of my little garden project showing several types of large potted plants with a cycad as the star of the show.

Finished my garden project and finally have a nice place to showcase the cycad, my Permian goddess. 💚 Do not insult her by saying "sago palm". She's no upstart NKOTB monocot angiosperm! How very dare you! Her gymnosperm lineage is ancient beyond measure.

#cycad #gymnosperm #gardening

This annotated world map, featuring clade diagrams and in situ morphological images, illustrates evolutionary history reconstructions of Cupressus L., based on 1991 single-copy nuclear genes and plastid genomes.

Family #tree level: Expert!

Wu et al. use #phylogenomics to shed light on the complex #evolutionary history of the #gymnosperm genus Cupressus, revealing East Asian–Tethyan disjunction.

Free to read version here:
doi.org/10.1111/jse....

#plant #systematics #JSE #cypress

Dispatched 1,500 saplings from our Dabla Talab nursery to develop the 9th Chaudhary Charan Singh Smriti Van at NRCC, Bikaner.

🌿 Included rare Ephedra foliata — Rajasthan’s only #gymnosperm, now near extinction. We’ve created the world’s first Ephedra nursery to revive this vital desert species.

#gymnosperm

Relationships of LP (a, b), LA (c, d, e), LT (f, g, h), and LDMC (i, j) with VLA and VLM within tree species of Cunninghamia lanceolata; standard major axes were fitted to the data. See text and Table 1 for explanation of units. See Supplementary Table S2 for a detailed summary of statistic parameters.

‘High vein density-faster growth and higher productivity’ models and #Hypotheses do not include enough #Gymnosperm samples, especially #Conifers cultivated in #Subtropics. Xi Peng et al. took #CunninghamiaLanceolata as the sample to test the hypotheses.
doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

This annotated world map, featuring clade diagrams and in situ morphological images, illustrates evolutionary history reconstructions of Cupressus L., based on 1991 single-copy nuclear genes and plastid genomes.

Wu et al. use #phylogenomics to shed light on the complex evolutionary history of the #gymnosperm genus Cupressus, which shows East Asian–Tethyan disjunction.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
#PlantScience #evolution

Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo Biloba), also known as maidenhair tree. A species of gymnosperm tree considered a living fossil, as it hasn’t changed for almost 200 million years. #ginkgobiloba #tree #gymnosperm

Nutrient availability explains distinct soil fungal colonization of angiosperm versus gymnosperm wood The study revealed that host plant clade and nutrient availability significantly interact to influence soil fungal colonization of deadwood. A stronger connection between soil fungi and deadwood fung....

Nutrient availability explains distinct #soil #fungal colonization of #angiosperm versus #gymnosperm wood👇

@panemma.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Three pictures of ginkgo. Its 'fruits' that look like yellow cherries. The 'seeds' within. Green fan-shaped leaves, lit from above and looking elegant and artistic.

🌎🍄🌾🌱🍅🌳🧪 Ginkgo or gingko or maidenhair tree. Ginkgo biloba, last species left alive of the #gymnosperm plant order Ginkgoales that originated over 270 million years ago. Once grew across the northern hemisphere, now only a small area in China, and where planted by humans.