Authors: Buys, Matt H.¹; Hilger, Hartmut H.²

Source: Taxon, Volume 52, Number 4, 1 November 2003 , pp. 719-724(6)

Publisher: International Association for Plant Taxonomy

Abstract:

Boraginaceae have erroneously been associated with helicoid cymes, when upon closer inspection they exclusively possess scorpioid cymes (cincinni). A discussion of the inflorescence structure in Boraginaceae is presented with the help of an overview of monochasial branching systems and a three-dimensional representation thereof. Reasons for the incorrect description of Boraginaceae inflorescences are also provided.

Keywords: BORAGINACEAE; BORAGOID; CINCINNI; HELICOID; INFLORESCENCE; MONOCHASIUM; SCORPIOID

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: A.P. Goossens Herbarium, Skool vir Omgewingswetenskappe en-ontwikkeling: Plantkunde, Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir CHO, Privaatsak X6001, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa. 2: Institut für Biologie, Systematische Botanik und Pflanzengeographie der Freien Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.

Publication date: 2003-11-01

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