spikelet floret

Term Information

Accession
PO:0009082
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
related: spikelet flower
narrow: grass floret
narrow: Poaceae floret
alt_id: PO:0006318
alt_id: PO:0025090
exact: florete de la espiguilla (Spanish)
exact: 小穂小花 (Japanese)
Definition
A small flower (PO:0009046) that is part of a spikelet (PO:0009051). [source: PMID:20197291, POC:curators]
Comment
A spikelet floret (PO:0009082) is enclosed by one or both the flower bracts (PO:0009034); lemma (PO:0009037) and palea (PO:0009038) and also includes a lodicule (PO:0009036). To describe a floret of the Asteraceae, use ray flower (PO:0025331) or disk flower (PO:0025332). Found in Poaceae, Cyperaceae and other Poales.

Back to top

Term Lineage

Filter tree view help!
Filter Annotation Objects Counts
Term View Options

Back to top

External References

closePO_GIT (1)

Back to top