Ramiflorous inflorescence
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Title
Ramiflorous inflorescence
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Definition
Refers to inflorescences that arise from the branches. Inflorescences that arise from the trunk are called cauliflorous. The branches can be much smaller in diameter than those shown here.
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Notes
In Lecythidaceae, ramiflorous inflorescences are not subtended by a leaf even though they arise in the axil of a leaf scar.
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