Latin names, Includes aquatics or insectivores …, Includes individuals with specified parts …, Inflorescence types, Leaf types
some of the family's members exhibit inflorescence types that are:
Passages in quotes are taken from _Plant Identification Terminology_ by James G. Harris & Melinda Woolf Harris.
Iridaceae (Chasmanthe floribunda)
Brassicaceae (Alyssum desertorum), Fabaceae-1 (Astragalus agrestis), Fabaceae-2 (Trifolium dasyphllum), Lamiaceae (Monarda fistulosa)
A corymb is a cluster of flowers where the flowers come from different placements of stalks on the stem. The outer flowers in the cluster open first.
Brassicaceae-1 (Capsella bursa-pastoris), Cleomaceae (Peritoma serrulata), Rosaceae (Physocarpus monogynus)
The cyathium is the inflorescence in the genus Euphorbia, consisting of a cup-like involucre containing a single pistil and male flowers with a single stamen.
Euphorphiaceae (Euphorbia esula)
Brassicaceae-2 (Stanleya pinnata), Dipsacaceae (Dipsacus fullonum), Fabaceae-1e (Dalea candida), Polygonaceae (Bistorta bistortoides)
A cyme is a cluster of flowers where the terminal or central flower in the cluster opens first. The flower stalks are at different points on the stem. Helicoid cymes have terminal flowers.
Apocynaceae (Asclepias pumila), Valerianaceae (Valeriana acutiloba)
A helicoid cyme is "coiled like a spiral or helix.) (Harris & Harris)
Boraginaceae (Amsinckia tessellata)
A scorpioid cyme is "shaped like a serpent's tail."
Boraginaceae (Lithospermum occidentale, Myosotis scorpioides)
A panicle is a cluster of flowers that has branches. Racemes and spikes do not have branches.
Asteraceae 2.2 (Symphyotrichum ericoides), Asteraceae-4 (Brickellia eupatorioides), Polygonaceae (Eriogonum brevicaule var. brevicaule), Rosaceae-1 (Holodiscus dumosus), Rubiaceae (Galium boreale), Ruscaceae (Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule)
Poaceae (Phragmites australis)
Poaceae (Bromus japonicus)
A raceme is an upright cluster of flowers that come off a single stem at different points. The stalks for the multiple flowers on the stem are unbranched.
Brassicaceae (Lepidium campestre), Elaeagnaceae (Elaeagnus angustifolia), Ericaceae (Orthilia secunda, Pterospora andromedea),
Fabaceae-2 (Lupinus argenteus), Fouqieriaceae (Fouquieria splendens), Hyacinthaceae (Muscari neglectum),
(Onagraceae (Chamaenerion angustifolium), Ranunculaceae (Aconitum columbianum, Delphinium occidentale)
Fabaceae-2 (Lupinus argenteus), Fouqieriaceae (Fouquieria splendens), Hyacinthaceae (Muscari neglectum),
(Onagraceae (Chamaenerion angustifolium), Ranunculaceae (Aconitum columbianum, Delphinium occidentale)
A secund raceme has flowers that "are only arranged on one side of the axis." (Harris & Harris)
Ericaceae (Orthilia secunda)
Nytcaginaceae (Abronia elliptica)
A spike of flowers is like a raceme, but the multiple flowers are attached directly at many different points on the upright stem. That is, the flowers have no pedicels (stalks).
Agavaceae (Yucca glauca), Asteraceae-4 (Ambrosia psilostachya), Fabaceae-1 (Amorpha fruticosa), Lamiaceae (Agastache urticifolia),
Iridaceae (Chasmanthe floribunda), Orchidaceae (Piperia dilatata var. dilatata), Orobanchaceae (Pedicularis groenlandica),
Iridaceae (Chasmanthe floribunda), Orchidaceae (Piperia dilatata var. dilatata), Orobanchaceae (Pedicularis groenlandica),
Typhaceae (Typha latifolia)
A strobile is "a cone or an inflorescence resembling a cone, as in hops." (Harris & Harris)
Cannabaceae (Humulus lupulus)
A thyrse is "a compact, cylindrical, or ovate panicle with an indeterminate main axis and cymose sub-axes." (Harris & Harris)
Saxifragaceae (Micranthes odontoloma)
The several stalks for a cluster of flowers emanate from the same point.
Alliaceae (Allium cernuum), Apiaceae (Angelica ampla), Ericaceae (Chimaphila umbellata), Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia esula),
Montiaceae (Calyptridium umbellatum), Nyctaginaceae (Abronia elliptica),
Polygonaceae (Eriogonum umbellatum), Themidaceae (Triteleia grandiflora)
Montiaceae (Calyptridium umbellatum), Nyctaginaceae (Abronia elliptica),
Polygonaceae (Eriogonum umbellatum), Themidaceae (Triteleia grandiflora)
Smilacaceae (Smilax lasioneura)
A verticillaster is "a pair of axillary cymes arising from opposite leaves or bracts and forming a false whorl." (Harris & Harris)
Plantaginaceae (Penstemon virens)
