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What is acropetal succession?


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Acropetal succession:

  1. It is a type of inflorescence (pattern of arrangement of flowers) in which, younger flowers are present at the tip while older ones are located at the base.
  2. This type of succession is found in racemose inflorescence.
  3. The racemose inflorescence is a pattern of arrangement of flowers where the main axis continues to grow and does not terminate in a flower.
  4. Centripetal succession is the one in which older flowers are present in the periphery while younger flowers are present in the center.

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