glume
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009039
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: rudimentary glume
- alt_id: PO:0006026
- exact: 苞頴 (Japanese)
- exact: gluma (Spanish)
- Definition
- One of a pair of inflorescence bracts that is part of a spikelet and subtends the two florets. [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- Found in Poaceae and Cyperaceae. Glumes subtend the pair of florets while a lemma or palea subtend the individual florets.
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