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types of inflorescencesclick to hear

Inflorescence: the arrangement of flowers on the stem or twig of a plant.
types of inflorescences corymb umbel biparous cyme uniparous cyme spike raceme spadix capitulum

corymb click to hear

Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of unequal length, all ending at the same height.

umbel click to hear

Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of equal length, all originating from the same point.

biparous cyme click to hear

Inflorescence whose main axis ends in a flower under which two lateral twigs develop; the process is repeated under each terminal flower.

uniparous cyme click to hear

Inflorescence whose main axis ends in a flower under which a single lateral twig develops; the process is repeated under each terminal flower.

spike click to hear

Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with no pedicel.

raceme click to hear

Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of equal length.

spadix click to hear

Inflorescence composed of flowers with no pedicel, all embedded in an elongated ovoid receptacle.

capitulum click to hear

Inflorescence composed of flowers with no pedicel, all embedded in a flat receptacle.