Panicle

The botanical term refers to a rich branched panicle inflorescence. Depending on the severity of the mold, a distinction between the elongated panicle, the flattened corymb, the funnel-shaped Spirre and the botryoid without side axes.

Panicle

The panicle ( Panicula ) has along its major axis, the so-called rip, side axes that are increasingly irregularly branched towards the base and covered with single flowers. The side axes are as always completed the main axis with a terminal flower and are named according to their number of flowers than monads, dyads or triads. If they are highly branched panicle as an independent, then one speaks of Spezialrispen. Overall, this results in a conical shape.

The panicle is widely used as an inflorescence and is found about the castor oil plant, vine or in the case of oats and millet species.

Oat

Bluegrass

Corymb

By an appropriate extension of the side branches and shortening of the major axis of the brake, the cone-shaped appearance of the panicle a flat or slightly curved shape. This expression, in which all the flowers are at about the same level, because of the characteristic shape as a corymb ( Corymbus ) or layer Strauss called, because of the similarity to another inflorescence umbel, sometimes called Doldenrispe. A similar expression for the umbel -like shape, there is also the type of screen and grape Trugdolde.

Black Elderberry in flower ...

And with fruits

Spirre

, The lower minor axes extend far beyond the upper and the shape of even higher than the above stretching the corymb, there is a funnel-shaped appearance. This type is called Spirre ( an anagram of panicle ) or Trichterrispe ( Anthela ) and it can be found next to the inflorescences of meadowsweet also at the ledges and rush plants.

Spirren the meadowsweet

Botryoid

Impoverished a panicle of branches, it looks like a grape ( Botrys ), because of this similarity to call this the botryoid. Only, a possibly existing branched side branch and especially the ever-present terminal flower make sure it clear that it is beyond doubt is a form of the panicle. With the loss of the terminal flower, the reduction of the richly branched panicle of unbranched grape would be eventually perfect.

A real bunch of grapes from terminal flower and branch