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 Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae).

• *For more educational content, please visit The Hand Lens and explore our herbarium collections and the stories they tell.