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Boraginaceae cymes are exclusively scorpioid and not helicoid
Author(s) -
Buys Matt H.,
Hilger Hartmut H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/4135544
Subject(s) - boraginaceae , helicoid , inflorescence , botany , biology , mathematics , geometry
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.