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Title
Inflorescence
Category
undergraduate
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0ede0a687f464877bfa71b3644cb7043
Source URL
https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence
Parent URL
https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/
Crawl Time
2026-03-23T08:18:24+00:00
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# Inflorescence

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

a group of flowers borne on one stem; the way in which flowers are arranged on a stem.

## Related terms

- [Catkin](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/catkin)
- [Compound head](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/compound-head)
- [Compound umbel](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/compound-umbel)
- [Cyathium](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/cyathium)
- [Indefinite](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/indefinite)
- [Interrupted](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/interrupted)
- [Peduncle](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/peduncle)
- [Raceme](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/raceme)
- [Spadix](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/spadix)
- [Spikelet](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/spikelet)

- [Inflorescences](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/inflorescences "(a) Panicle; (b) Thyrse; (c) Raceme; (d) Spike; (e) Corymb; (f) Simple Umbel; (g) Compound Umbel; (h) Capitulum (Head); (i) Dichasium; (j) Monochasium - bostryx; (k) Monochasium - cincinnus.")