inflorescence botany definition
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Definitions &Translations An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified.
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Flower A single daisy or sunflower, for example, is not a flower but a flower head —an inflorescence composed of numerous flowers (or florets). An inflorescence may include specialized stems and modified leaves known as bracts.
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botany 1. (Botany) the study of plants, including their classification, structure, physiology, ecology, and economic importance. 2. (Botany) the plant life of a particular region or time. 3. (Botany) the biological characteristics of a particular group of plants. [C17: from botanical; compare astronomy, astronomical].
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angiosperm noun, Botany. 1. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
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Inflorescence in Plants: 3 Important Types (With Diagram) This type is quite common and may be seen in mustard , radish, Linaria , Crotalaria, Cleome and a large number of flowering plants. Compound raceme or Panicle: When the axis of a raceme branches and the flowers are borne not directly on the axis but on its branches then the inflorescence is called a panicle.
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Blossom Look up blossom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In botany, blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees (genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely for a period of time in spring. Colloquially flowers of orange are referred to as such as well.
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Definitions &Translations Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence.
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- Full Definition of ORCHID. 1. : any of a large family (Orchidaceae, the orchid family) of perennial epiphytic or terrestrial monocotyledonous plants that usually have showy 3-petaled flowers with the middle petal enlarged into a lip and differing from the others in shape and color.2.efinition of ORCHID for Kids. : a plant with usually showy flowers with three petals of which the middle petal is enlarged and differs from the others in shape and color.
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INFLORESCENCES  (flower clusters) I. SOLITARY INFLORESCENCES (terminal and axillary). Some inflorescences are one-flowered, in which case the pedicel may (oddly, it seems) also be regarded to be a peduncle. Solitary inflorescences can be terminal, as in the genus Trillium. Here’s large-flowered trillium (T. grandiflorum) proudly displaying its TERMINAL SOLITARY inflorescence. Note also in this species that the flower is stalked, i.e., having a pedicel (which in thus case is also a peduncle).
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Botany Terms - Glossary of Botanical Terms It is this very study of plants that forms the crux of this intriguing and ever exploring science. So, here is the glossary of botanical terms and definitions with all the terms that normally 'crop' up during a detailed study of botany.ungle: A dense growth of various plants where many organism can thrive. Forest is another term used for a jungle. Junipers: This term refers to members of the Family Cupressaceae, and are characterized needle-like leaves in juviniles and scale-like leaves and cones in the adults.
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Largest Flower - Rafflesia Largest Inflorescence. Similar in line with the Rafflesia, which is the largest single flower, The titan arum-Amorphophallus titanum, is the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world of flowering plants. Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari discovered the Titan Arum in Sumatra in 1878. Titan arum is also the native of rainforests of Sumatra.
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Fluorescence Biofluorescent marine organisms. Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. It is a form of luminescence. In most cases, the emitted light has a longer wavelength, and therefore lower energy, than the absorbed radiation.
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Plant morphology Inflorescences emerging from protective coverings. Plant morphology or phytomorphology is the study of the physical form and external structure of plants. This is usually considered distinct from plant anatomy, which is the study of the internal structure of plants, especially at the microscopic level.
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Exacum Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Wikipedia. a genus of annual or perennial herbaceous plants of the family Gentianaceae. The flowers are white, lilac, dark blue, or purple-violet; the inflorescence is a panicle. The fruit is a two- valved globose capsule. There are about 35 mainly tropical species, growing in India, East Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and the island of Socotra. Some ornamental species are raised in conservatories.
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- Botany is the scientific study of plants. Plants, to most people, means a wide range of living organisms from the smallest bacteria to the largest living things-the giant sequoia trees. By this definition plants include: algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants.
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ovule ovule. n. 1. (Botany) a small body in seed-bearing plants that consists of the integument(s), nucellus, and embryosac (containing the egg cell) and develops into the seed after fertilization.
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Inflorescence 1 A spike is a type of raceme with flowers that do not have a pedicel. 2  A racemose corymb is an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence that is flat-topped or convex due to their outer pedicels which are progressively longer than inner ones.ndeterminate and determinate inflorescences are sometimes referred to as open and closed inflorescences respectively. In an indeterminate inflorescence there is no true terminal flower and the stem usually has a rudimentary end.
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ESTIVATION aestivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens. estivation. phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants. arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; a flower arrangement. flower bud - a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop.
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Glossary of botanical terms Plant Morphology: The Parts of a Flower: Peduncle: The stalk of a flower. Receptacle: The part of a flower stalk where the parts of the flower are attached. Sepal: The outer parts of the flower (often green and leaf-like) that enclose a developing bud. Petal: The parts of a flower that are often conspicuously colored.
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Bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often (but not always) different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture.
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No Summer School Means Some Students Repeat a Grade This Fall In December 2011 — just before the start of the spring semester — students enrolled in 19,182 Virtual School courses. More than 148,000 students completed online courses through the Florida Virtual School this year. That’s up from 122,000 students the year before. But it is hard to tease out how much of that increase is due to fewer summer school options at the district level.
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- 2) Cladistic species concept: A species is a set of organisms (an evolutionary lineage) between two branch points or between one branch point and an extinction event or a modern population (Ridley 1993).) Isolation species concept: Species are systems of populations: the gene exchange between these systems is limited or prevented by a reproductive isolating mechanism or perhaps by a combination of several such mechanisms.
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Glossary of Terms and Actions Definition of inflorescence - the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers. Definition of inflorescence - the complete flower head of a plant including stems, stalks, bracts, and flowers.
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Flower A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs.Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower).he biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower).
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Inflorescences and Their Names In the monocot Orchid family, we don't see the composite flowering form, but it's included here merely as an example of one of the inflorescence types. Some orchid species. cluster their flowers terminally, but they do so as an umbel modification or a panicle, not a head or composite.
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INFLORESCENCES  (flower clusters) Sessile trillium flowers are non-stalked (sessile), solitary, and terminal. Flowers may be placed singly in the axils of normal foliage leaves, as in this Gattlinger’s false-foxglove (Agalinus gattlingeri, family Orobanchaceae). False foxglove flowers are SOLITARY in the leaf AXILS. II. SCAPOSE INFLORESCENCES (leafless and bractless flowering stems). A SCAPE is a bare flowering stem arising from a cluster of leaves at the base of the plant. Scapes may either one-flowered, or few-several flowered. The so-called “stemless” violets exemplify the solitary scapose inflorescence type. Pale white violet is a “stemless,” having a SCAPOSE inflorescence.