involucre
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009100
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 総苞 (Japanese)
- exact: involucro (Spanish)
- Definition
- A collective phyllome structure composed of two or more involucral bracts at the base of a cluster of flowers, as found in Asteraceae or Compositae. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- The burs or bristles in Cenchrus and Pennisetum are not involucres because the fused structures are branches and not bracts.
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