Editing Conifer cone (section)

===Podocarpaceae===
[[Image:Podocarpus macrophyllus (seed s3).jpg|left|thumb|Berry-like Podocarpus cone]]
The cones of the [[Podocarpaceae]] are similar in function, though not in development, to those of the Taxaceae (q.v. below), being berry-like with the scales highly modified, evolved to attract birds into dispersing the seeds. In most of the genera, two to ten or more scales are fused together into a usually swollen, brightly coloured, soft, edible fleshy [[aril]]. Usually, only one or two scales at the apex of the cone are fertile, each bearing a single wingless seed, but in ''[[Saxegothaea]]'' several scales may be fertile. The fleshy scale complex is 0.5–3&nbsp;cm long, and the seeds 4–10&nbsp;mm long. In some genera (e.g. ''[[Prumnopitys]]''), the scales are minute and not fleshy, but the seed coat develops a fleshy layer instead, the cone having the appearance of one to three small [[plum]]s on a central stem. The seeds have a hard coat evolved to resist digestion in the bird's stomach.
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