tassel inflorescence
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020126
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 雄穂(花) (Japanese)
- exact: penacho de la inflorescencia (Spanish)
- Definition
- A staminate inflorescence (PO:0025601) in Zea species that bears the tassel spikelet (PO:0006309) on a terminal inflorescence axis (PO:0020122). [source: MaizeGDB:lv, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- Branched inflorescence with a central axis and about 10-50 lateral branches.
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