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The male and female reproductive organs can form in cones or strobili.

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In the photo, seed-like strobili are arranged around the slender stalks of a club moss.

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In club mosses, the sporophyte gives rise to sporophylls arranged in strobili, cone-like structures that give the class its name.

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Some sporophylls are arranged in cone structures called strobili.

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