Question

Which plant shows Cymose inflorescence?

Answer 1

Inflorescence

1. The inflorescence is an arrangement of the flowers on a plant.
2. There are different types of inflorescence, such as racemose, cymose, and mixed inflorescences.

Cymose:

1. The cymose inflorescence is also known as determinate inflorescence.
2. In this, the main axis has limited growth, and flowers are arranged in a basipetal order.
3. Basipetal order means older flowers are present on the top and younger ones are on the base of the axis.
4. The cymose inflorescence is further divided into monochasial, dichasial, polychasial.

Examples of cymose inflorescence:

It includes Calatropis, drosera, dianthus, Gossypium, and jasmine.