central spike of ear inflorescence
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0006505
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: ear rachis
- related: Zea cob
- exact: espiga central de la espiga de la inflorescencia (Spanish)
- exact: 雌穂(花)中央の穂 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A first order inflorescence axis (PO:0025104) that is the central axis of an ear inflorescence (PO:0020136). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Zea cob is different from the cob inflorescence found in Sorghum.
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