an inflorescence on a single axis where each flower is stalked rectinerved- describes a leaf with reticulated venation rhizome- an underground stem which acts as a sotrage organ root- the part of a plant that anchors it in the soil and absorbs nutriment and moisture necessary for growth runcinate- applied to a pinnatifid leaf in which the sharply curved cuts between the lobes are directed towards the base runner- a long slender stem with leaves springing from its nodes
A particular arrangement of flowers that is long and narrow Short flower stems branch off of a single (usually) main stem A common flower arrangement in some of the cherries [To return to previous page, click your browser's BACK button then scroll through the page to your last location]
An inflorescence (flower structure) in which a main stem produces a series of flowers on lateral stalks, the oldest at the base and the youngest at the top
A type of flower cluster in which single-flowered pedicels are arranged along the sides of a flower shoot terminus There is space along the shoot between the pedicels
An inflorescence consisting of a main axis, bearing single flowers alternately or spirally on stalks (pedicels) of approximately equal length The apical growing point continues to be active so there is usually no terminal flower and the youngest branches or flowers are nearest the apex This mode of growth is known as monopodial
A long flower cluster on which individual flowers each bloom on a small stalk all along a common, larger, central stalk (Niering, 1992) Bananas are the flower of a banana tree