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compound spike inflorescence

Term Information

Accession
PO:0030118
Name
compound spike inflorescence
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
compound spike (exact), double spike (exact), heterothetic compound spike (exact), heterothetic double spike (narrow), homothetic compound spike (narrow), homothetic double spike (narrow)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An inflorescence (PO:0009049), with a monopodial growth habit, which at anthesis is composed of an indeterminate first order inflorescence axis (PO:0025104) and sessile (PATO:0001436) flowers (PO:0009046), or spikelets (PO:0009051), on indeterminate higher order inflorescence axes (PO:0009081). Source: NYBG:Dario_Cavaliere, PO:cooperl, NYBG:Brandon_Sinn
Comment
Examples include some amaranth species (Amaranthus spp., Amaranthaceae).
Subset
None
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Parents of compound spike inflorescence (PO:0030118)
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compound spike inflorescence [is_a relation] is_a  inflorescence (PO:0009049)

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