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Head / Capitulum (LAU_LaiTing)
Updated on 19/04/2015

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This is Argyranthemum frutescens, from family Asteraceae, showing the inflorescence of Head (Capitulum).

Head (Capitulum) is a short dense spike in which the flowers are borne directly on a broad, flat peduncle. It is a kind of indeterminate inflorescence.
It is a distinctive (but not exclusive) feature of Asteraceae.

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Biodiversity Lab II

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good

by Cherry_Chow (Teacher) at 2015-04-21 10:57:34

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