inflorescence
Sign in to savethumb|Aloe hereroensis, showing inflorescence with branched pedunclethumb|Amorphophallus titanum has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence. Photo of the plant in bloom in 2000 at [[Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida, US]]
AI overview
An inflorescence is the arrangement of flowers on a plant, which can be either branched or unbranched depending on the species. Understanding inflorescences matters because their structure varies widely across plants—from the branched flower clusters of Aloe hereroensis to the massive single unbranched spike of Amorphophallus titanum, the world's largest of its kind.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Article
17 sectionsContents
- General characteristics
- Terminal flower
- Phyllotaxis
- Organization
- Simple inflorescences
- Indeterminate or racemose
- Determinate or cymose
- Compound inflorescences
- Other
- Development and patterning
- Development
- Genetic basis
- Environmental influences
- Meristems and inflorescence architecture
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Aloe hereroensis, showing inflorescence with branched pedunclethumb|Amorphophallus titanum has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence. Photo of the plant in bloom in 2000 at [[Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, Florida, US]]
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a main axis (peduncle) and by the timing of its flowering (determinate and indeterminate).