Cyathium (plural = cyathia)

  • Title

    Cyathium (plural = cyathia)

  • Definition

    An inflorescence consisting of several naked staminate flowers accompanied by usually one naked pistillate flower and subtended and mostly enclosed by a cup-shaped involucre, characteristic of (Euphorbiaceae).

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