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in two ways: "having a true panicle inflorescence" as well as "having an inflorescence with the form but not necessarily the structure of a panicle".
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Technically, the inflorescence unit in a grass is the spikelet, but the arrangement of spikelets may be described as a panicle.
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may have a paniculate branching structure, with the lower flowers having longer
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This type of inflorescence is largely characteristic of grasses, such as
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than the upper, thus giving a flattish top superficially resembling an
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Term used in botany to describe a branching of flower heads
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The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
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Index


inflorescence
flowers
fruit
pedicellate
racemes
oat
crabgrass
pistachio
mamoncillo
corymb
pedicels
umbel
Amygdaloideae
hawthorns
rowans

Sorbus glabrescens
Sheath grass
genus
Coleanthus
Thyrse


ISBN
978-0521790802
ISBN
978-0521794015
Category
Plant morphology

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