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unusual facts about inflorescence


Rubus cockburnianus

Inflorescences occur in the axils and at the ends of branches.


Corpse flower

Amorphophallus titanum, species, also known as the Titan arum, which has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world

Gagea spathacea

In 1806, criticizing the fact that Linnaeus imposed himself as a law to base its genera only on fruits, Richard Anthony Salisbury peak the need to take account of inflorescences.

Nepenthes micramphora

Nepenthes micramphora is very similar to N. bellii of northern Mindanao in terms of the morphology of its stem, lamina, and inflorescence.

Pleuropogon hooverianus

The inflorescence bears widely spaced narrowly cylindrical spikelets which hang sideways off the stem, resembling semaphore signals.

Pleuropogon refractus

The inflorescence bears widely spaced cylindrical spikelets which hang sideways off the stem, resembling semaphore signals.

Qishqiqucha

It is known that the Puya raimondii, a plant with a gigantic inflorescence that may reach up to 10 m in height, grows in the Qishqi river valley.

Sugarbird

Nectar from the inflorescences of the Protea provide most of the energy these species require, and they are considered significant pollinators of the genus.


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