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Raceme(raceme)
This inflorescence of the ground orchid, Spathoglottis plicata, is a typicalraceme A raceme is a type of inflorescence that isunbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers (having shortfloral stalks called pedicels) along the axis. In botany ,axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne near the base. A spike is a type of raceme in which the individual flowers are sessile (that is, lackpedicels). The term spikelet can refer to a small spike, although is also used to refer to theultimate flower cluster unit in the grasses ( Family Poaceae ) and sedges ( Family Cyperaceae ), in which cases the stalk supporting the cluster becomes thepedicel. A spadix is a form of spike in which the florets aredensely crowded along the axis. raecme, spike, racmee, along, rcaeme, type, raeme, family, arceme, grasses, racem, small, aceme, spikelet, racee, flower, racme, form, , florets, raceem, crowded, rceme, becomes This article is completely or partly from Wikipedia - The Free Online Encyclopedia. Original Article. The text on this site is made available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licence. We take no responsibility for the content, accuracy and use of this article. Anoca.org Encyclopedia 0.10s |