Editing Inflorescence (section)

===Meristems and inflorescence architecture===
The shift from the vegetative to reproductive phase of a flower involves the development of an inflorescence meristem that generates floral meristems.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Souer|first1=E.|last2=Krol|first2=A. van der|last3=Kloos|first3=D.|last4=Spelt|first4=C.|last5=Bliek|first5=M.|last6=Mol|first6=J.|last7=Koes|first7=R.|date=1998-02-15|title=Genetic control of branching pattern and floral identity during Petunia inflorescence development|url=http://dev.biologists.org/content/125/4/733|journal=Development|language=en|volume=125|issue=4|pages=733–742|doi=10.1242/dev.125.4.733|issn=0950-1991|pmid=9435293}}</ref> Plant inflorescence architecture depends on which meristems becomes flowers and which become shoots.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last1=Benlloch|first1=R.|last2=Berbel|first2=A.|last3=Serrano-Mislata|first3=A.|last4=Madueno|first4=F.|date=2007-09-01|title=Floral Initiation and Inflorescence Architecture: A Comparative View|journal=Annals of Botany|language=en|volume=100|issue=3|pages=659–676|doi=10.1093/aob/mcm146|pmid=17679690|issn=0305-7364|pmc=2759223}}</ref> Consequently, genes that regulate floral meristem identity play major roles in determining inflorescence architecture because their expression domain will direct where the plant's flowers are formed.<ref name=":0" />

On a larger scale, inflorescence architecture affects quality and quantity of offspring from selfing and outcrossing, as the architecture can influence pollination success. For example, ''[[Asclepias]]'' inflorescences have been shown to have an upper size limit, shaped by self-pollination levels due to crosses between inflorescences on the same plant or between flowers on the same inflorescence.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=WYATT|first=ROBERT|date=1980-05-01|journal=New Phytologist|language=en|volume=85|issue=1|pages=119–131|doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.1980.tb04453.x|issn=1469-8137|title=The Reproductive Biology of Asclepias Tuberosa: I. Flower Number, Arrangement, and Fruit-Set|doi-access=free|bibcode=1980NewPh..85..119W }}</ref> In ''[[Aesculus sylvatica]]'', it has been shown that the most common inflorescence sizes are correlated with the highest fruit production as well.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Wyatt|first=Robert|date=1982-04-01|title=Inflorescence Architecture: How Flower Number, Arrangement, and Phenology Affect Pollination and Fruit-Set|journal=American Journal of Botany|language=en|volume=69|issue=4|pages=585–594|doi=10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13295.x|issn=1537-2197|jstor=2443068|bibcode=1982AmJB...69..585W }}</ref>