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inflorescence

a specialized branching stem bearing flowers; for example, a male CATKIN. Each individual flower may be small and insignificant but collectively they can sometimes produce a large, showy structure such as is found in the lupin.
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In addition to surveys of insects on the inflorescences, monthly ant surveys were conducted throughout the experiment, both to verify that ant exclusion treatments were working and to determine any temporal changes in ant activity at the study site.
Exploring whether and how ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) affect reproductive fitness in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii (Fabaceae)
In addition, farms in Australia and Costa Rica are cultivating the species and selling its inflorescences as cut flowers [27].
The Utilization of Sikala (Etlingera elatior) As Traditional Medicine in Porehu District, North Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
Inflorescences completed their development within three to four weeks and by mid-January the population flowering season had started.
Alta capacidad de autofecundacion y baja visitacion de polinizadores en la epifita polinizada por colibries Pitcairnia heterophylla (Bromeliaceae) en un bosque montano en Costa Rica
We enclosed a haphazardly-selected inflorescence on each plant before flowers opened using mesh bagging.
The reproductive ecology of diploid and tetraploid galax urceolata
The vase life of the inflorescences ranged from three to five days, totaling a difference of approximately 26% between control and the worst treatment (48h).
Vase life and rehydration capacity of dry-stored gladiolus flowers at low temperature/Vida de vaso e capacidade de reidratacao de flores de gladiolo armazenadas a seco em baixa temperatura
Cyperaceae show a significant variation in the structure of their inflorescences (Haines & Lye, 1983, Goetghebeur, 1998; Vegetti, 2003; Reutemann et al.
Homogenization and truncation processes in inflorescences of Cyperaceae
Not all plants formed inflorescences during either of these first two seasons.
Significance of bulb polarity in survival of transplanted mitigation bulbs
It was collected with numerous inflorescences in May.
Psittacanthus corderoi, a new species of Loranthaceae from the Colombian Amazonia
Three inflorescences from each plant (15 per cultivar) were analysed for pigment identification at four different stages within eight weeks.
Effects of Shading Treatments on Pigmentation and Inflorescence Quality of Calathea crotalifera Bracts
After obtaining plant height, number of inflorescences and total dry matter of clippings, it was possible to calculate the percentage of reduction of the respective variable using the equation R (%) = [([V.
Growth and flowering inhibition of Paspalum notatum with application of trinexapac-ethyl and prohexadione-calcium/Reducao do crescimento e do florescimento de Paspalum notatum com aplicacoes de trinexapac-ethyl ou prohexadione-calcium
2], AF), weight of fresh inflorescences (g, PFFL), weight of dried inflorescences (g, PSFL), stem fresh weight (g, PFC), stem dry weight (g, PSC), fresh weight of leaves (g, PFF), weight of dried leaves (g, PSF), and total flavonoid content (%, TTF).
Growth, development and content of flavonoids in calendula (Calendula officinalis L.)/Crescimento, desenvolvimento e teor de flavonoides em calendula (Calendula officinalis L.)
In Brazil, information on the occurrence of Myxomycetes in inflorescences is scarce and dispersed in the literature (Cavalcanti and Mobin, 2004; Ferreira and Cavalcanti, 2010; Hochgesand and Gottsberger, 1996; Silva and Cavalcanti, 2010), and only Maimoni-Rodella and Cavalcanti (2006) deal specifically with the subject, recording the occurrence of five species in living plants of Hedychium coronarium J.
Microhabitats occupied by Myxomycetes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Heliconiaceae inflorescences/Microhabitats ocupados por Myxomycetes na Floresta Atlantica Brasileira: inflorescencias de Heliconiaceae

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