inflorescence
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009049
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: ament
- narrow: anthela
- narrow: anthelae
- narrow: Asteraceae floret
- narrow: bostryches
- narrow: bostryx
- narrow: capitula
- narrow: capitulum
- narrow: catkin
- narrow: cincinni
- narrow: cincinnus
- narrow: corymb
- narrow: cyathia
- narrow: cyathium
- narrow: cyme
- narrow: cymule
- narrow: dichasium
- narrow: drepanium
- narrow: glome
- narrow: glomerule
- narrow: head
- narrow: helicoid cyme
- narrow: monochasium
- narrow: panicle
- narrow: raceme
- narrow: rhipidia
- narrow: rhipidium
- narrow: scorpioid cyme
- narrow: Sorghum cob
- narrow: spadices
- narrow: spadix
- narrow: spike
- narrow: thyrse
- narrow: Triticeae spike
- narrow: umbel
- narrow: verticillaster
- alt_id: PO:0009048
- alt_id: PO:0009050
- alt_id: PO:0020088
- alt_id: PO:0020111
- alt_id: PO:0020112
- alt_id: PO:0020113
- alt_id: PO:0020114
- alt_id: PO:0020115
- alt_id: PO:0020116
- alt_id: PO:0020117
- alt_id: PO:0020118
- alt_id: PO:0020119
- alt_id: PO:0020120
- exact: 花序 (Japanese)
- exact: inflorescencia (Spanish)
- Definition
- A reproductive shoot system (PO:0025082) that has as parts all of the shoot axes (PO:0025029) distal to the most distal foliage leaf (PO:0009025) of a shoot axis and all of the flowers (PO:0009046) borne by those axes. Must have two or more flowers as parts. [source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- Some plants have only solitary flowers, e.g. Magnolia.
Back to top