Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Inflorescence of Sphagneticola trilobata. Photo by C. Gracie

Description: Inflorescence of Sphagneticola trilobata based on Mori et al. 27133 from Saba, Netherlands Antilles. The inflorescence consists of many flowers and is not a single flower as it might appear to be to non botanists.

Term:

Pseudanthium (plural = pseudanthia)

Definition:

A false flower; e.g., the inflorescence of species of Asteraceae and Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae).