Question

Question:
In ____ , the female cone is not found.
A ) Cycas
B) Pinus
C) Taxus
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Female cones are found in coniferous plants which can be monoecious or dioecious. Cycas is not a coniferous plant.

Complete step by step answer:
-Female cones are premature seed cones which when fertilized by pollen cells get converted into seeds. Female cones are found in the upper part of the branches. In female cones, the megasporophylls are present on the bracts. Here, the female cones are sticky for pollen grains to attach.
-Taxus is a genus of coniferous shrubs and is slow growing. They are also known as yews. Yews are most of the time dioecious (has either male or female cones).
-Pinus is a coniferous tree having female and male cones and are mostly monoecious as they have male and female pollen grains in the same plant.
-Cycas is a genus of plant which has no female cones but reproduction occurs by bulbils for vegetative propagation. It takes too many years to reproduce.

So, the correct option is A.

Note:
Male cones do not last long and every spring they start releasing them into the air for pollination. Female cones take about two years to get matured.