Inflorescences
Inflorescences: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Spikelet inflorescence, Simple cyme, Polychasial cyme, Inflorescence, Racemose Inflorescence, Cymose Inflorescence, Spike Inflorescence, Spadix Inflorescence, Corymb Inflorescence, Umbel Inflorescence, etc.
Important Questions on Inflorescences
Inflorescence in Ficus is
What is acropetal order in the arrangement of flowers?
Draw a diagram to illustrate pedicel in a picture.
What do you mean by pedicel of a flower?
In helicoid cyme type of inflorescence, all the flowers are borne on the different side forming a sort of helix.
Helicoid cyme is an Uniparous or Monochasial Cyme.
In dichasial cyme, the main axis ends in a flower, and it produces only one lateral branch at a time ending in a flower.
Distinguish between monochacial and dichacial cyme.
Explain the arrangement of flowers in a dichasial cyme.
Give some examples of flowers with helicoid cyme.
Zigzag cymose inflorescence is known as scorpioid inflorescence.
Give some examples of flowers with scorpiod cyme.
In monochasial cyme, the main axis ends in a flower and it produces only one lateral branch at a time ending in a flower.
Give some examples of flowers that have monochasial cyme.
Explain the arrangement of flowers in monochasial cyme.
In Candytuft, the inflorescence is
