Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: A medial section of a capitulum (head) of a species of Asteraceae. Drawing by B. Angell.

Description: A medial section of a capitulum (head) of a species of Asteraceae. Note the two different kinds of flowers (ray and disk) and the phyllaries that subtend the capitulum. From the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana. Part 1 (Mori et al., 1997).

Term:

Captiulum (plural = capitula

Definition:

A dense headlike inflorescence such as that of the Asteraceae and some Cyperaceae, Lamiaceae, and Rubiaceae. Same as head for the Asteraceae.