# Epicalyx

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

[involucre](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/involucre "a whorl or several whorls of bracts surrounding an inflorescence, a flower or a cone;") outside the true [calyx](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/calyx "the sepals collectively.") and resembling a second [calyx](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/calyx "the sepals collectively.").

## Related terms

- [Calyx](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/calyx)