Re: [aroid-l] what does inflorescence mean?

From: MossyTrail at cs.com on 2003.06.06 at 02:50:42(10329) "Wilbert Hetterscheid" wrote: >> It can get confusing with asters; that is, is each head an >> inflorescence, or is the whole cluster of heads the inflorescence? > +More >Asters and e.g. spurges have an even higher level of organisation where >individual inflorescemces may themselves be small and clustered so as to >form a higher level inforescence (sometimes called a synflorescence.....are >ye all with me???). In fact many aroids also have a synflorecence as more >inflorescences may appear from one and the same point (e.g. Syngonium). > Synflorescence...that is a good word. Syn = coming together, so, a coming together of inflorescences. I'll remember that one. I suppose that some Peperomia also have that, as they have a branched stalk with a "spadix" on each branch. (e.g., P. peltilimba) Jason Hernandez Naturalist-at-Large

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