Editing Inflorescence (section)

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The family [[Asteraceae]] is characterised by a highly specialised head technically called a '''[[calathid]]''' (but usually referred to as 'capitulum' or 'head'). The family [[Poaceae]] has a peculiar inflorescence of small spikes ('''[[spikelet]]s''') organised in panicles or spikes that are usually simply and improperly referred to as '''spike''' and '''panicle'''. The genus ''[[Ficus]]'' ([[Moraceae]]) has an inflorescence called a hypanthodium, which bears numerous flowers on the inside of a convex or involuted compound receptacle.<ref>Simpson, M. G. 2010. ''Plant Systematics'' Burlington: Academic Press. p. 509</ref> The genus ''[[Euphorbia]]'' has '''[[cyathium|cyathia]]''' (sing. ''cyathium''), usually organised in umbels.

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Chamomile@original size.jpg|''[[Matricaria chamomilla]]'' (calathid)
Wheat close-up.JPG|''[[Triticum aestivum]]'' (compound spikes, "spikes")
Lemont rice.jpg|''[[Oryza sativa]]'' (spikes in a panicle, "panicle")
Some figs.jpg|''[[Ficus carica]]'' (hypanthodium)
Euphorbia tridentata ies.jpg|''[[Euphorbia tridentata]]'' (cyathium)
Euphorbia cyparissias 02 bgiu.jpg|''[[Euphorbia cyparissias]]'' (cyathia in an umbel)
Coleus inflorescence.JPG|''[[Coleus]]'' (false spike)
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Some species have inflorescences reduced to [[Pseudanthium|composite flowers or pseudanthia]], in which case it is difficult to differentiate between inflorescences and single flowers.<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last1=Tucker|first1=Shirley C.|last2=Grimes|first2=James|date=1999-10-01|title=The inflorescence: Introduction|journal=The Botanical Review|language=en|volume=65|issue=4|pages=303–316|doi=10.1007/BF02857752|bibcode=1999BotRv..65..303T |s2cid=29599096|issn=0006-8101}}</ref>