types of inflorescences![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence: the arrangement of flowers on the stem or twig of a plant.
corymb ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of unequal length, all ending at the same height.
umbel ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of equal length, all originating from the same point.
biparous cyme ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence whose main axis ends in a flower under which two lateral twigs develop; the process is repeated under each terminal flower.
uniparous cyme ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence whose main axis ends in a flower under which a single lateral twig develops; the process is repeated under each terminal flower.
spike ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with no pedicel.
raceme ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of a main axis and laterally borne flowers with pedicels of equal length.
spadix ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of flowers with no pedicel, all embedded in an elongated ovoid receptacle.
capitulum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Inflorescence composed of flowers with no pedicel, all embedded in a flat receptacle.