Question

In which one of the following the inflorescence starts as a dichasial cyme but ends in monochasial cymes?

• A. Musa
• B. Crotalaria
• C. Caccus
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D None of the above

The inflorescence described is verticillaster. A cymose inflorescence arranged in pairs at the nodes, in the manner of a false whorl, is called as verticillaster. A reduced raceme or cyme that grows in the axil of a bract is called as a fascicle. A verticillaster is a fascicle with the structure of a dichasium. Many verticillasters with reduced bracts can form a spicate (spike-like) inflorescence that is commonly called as a spike.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.