A. Indeterminate 1. Spike A spike is a type of raceme in which the individual flowers are sessile (that is, lack pedicels).

The term spikelet can refer to a small spike, although is also used to refer to the ultimate flower cluster unit in the grasses ( Family Poaceae) and sedges ( Family Cyperaceae), in which cases the stalk supporting the cluster becomes the pedicel. A spadix is a form of spike in which the florets are densely crowded along the axis. Anise hyssop

2. Spadix A spadix is a stalk with flowers densely arranged around it, enclosed or accompanied by a spathe. It is characteristic of the Araceae.

Flamingo Lily

3. Raceme A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers (having short floral stalks called pedicels) along the axis. Yellow Toadflax

4. Catkin catkin, Elongated cluster of single-sex flowers bearing scaly bracts and usually lacking petals. Many trees bear catkins, including willows, birches, and oaks. Wind carries pollen from male to female catkins or from male catkins to female flowers that take a different form (e.g., in spikes).

Grey Alder

5. Panicle A panicle is a branched raceme in which each branch has more than one flower.

Crape Myrtle flower

6. Corymb A corymb is a raceme in which the pedicels of the lower flowers are longer than those of the upper flowers so that the inflorescence has a flat-topped appearance overall.

Yarrow

B. Determinate

1. Umbel In an umbel, each of the pedicels initiates from about the same point at the tip of the peduncle, giving the appearance of an umbrella-like shape, as in the wax flowers (Hoya). Cape Flower

2. Head/ Cupitulum A head (capitulum) is a short dense spike in which the flowers are borne directly on a broad, flat peduncle, giving the inflorescence the appearance of a single flower, as in the dandelion .

Ragworts

3. Cyme/Cymous A cyme is a flat-topped inflorescence in which the central flowers open first, followed by the peripheral flowers, as in the onion (genus Allium).

Meadow Cranesbill

a. Monochasium a cymose inflorescence characterized by the presence of a single apical flower on the main axis; below the flower, on the lateral axis (which grows higher than the main one), develops another flower, which blossoms later. In a simple monochasium, as seen in some Ranunculus, a single lateral axis

(second-order axis) departs from the main axis; in a compound monochasium, such as in forget-me-nots, there are third-order and fourthorder axes. White Buttercup

b. dichasium A dichasium is one unit of a cyme and is characterized by a stunted central flower and two lateral flowers on elongated pedicels, as in the wood stichwort

Red Campion

c. Polychasium a cymose inflorescence characteristic of some angiospermous plants. The main axis of a polychasium has more than two secondary axes below the apical flower, which grow longer than the main axis and end in flowers that bloom later. Some botanists make a distinction between polychasium (for example, in some Ranunculus), in which only secondary axes depart from the main axis, and a compound polychasium (for example, in elder and spurge), in which several tertiary axes depart from each secondary axis. Gerda