Image: Cabbage-tree-inflorescence-branching-order
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Description: Inflorescence branching order in panicles of the New Zealand cabbage tree (Cordyline australis). The inflorescence usually has four levels of branching: 1: the main stem; 2: The side branches (10 to 50); 3: Flower-bearing branches (100 to 500); 4: The single flowers themselves (thousands); 5: Sometimes the largest side branches have a fifth level of branching. After diagram at page 109 of Simpson, P. (2000). Dancing Leaves: The story of the New Zealand cabbage tree: Tī Kōuka. Christchurch. Canterbury University Press.
Title: Cabbage-tree-inflorescence-branching-order
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Author: Kahuroa
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