Bougainvillea, sunflower, and hibiscus, what is the form of inflorescence in these figures? Based on the text. There are various forms of the inflorescence. A raceme or racemose inflorescence haspedicelled flowers borne along the sides of a simple undivided axis or rachis; a spike or spicateinflorescence is similar to a raceme, but the flowers are sessile; a panicle or paniculate inflorescencehas the axis ir rachis divided regularly into branches which bear two or more pedicelled or sessileflowers, and is usually more or less open (the terminal flower or inner flower opens last); an umbel orumbellate inflorescence has pedicelled flowers all arising from the apex of the peduncle, the pedicelsarranged like the ribs of an umbrella; a head or capitate inflorescence is similar to an umbel but theflowers are sessile and arranged in a dense globose mass at the expanded apex of the peduncle; acorymb or corymbose inflorescence has the pedicels and branches of the axis starting from thedifferent points but attaining the same level, the lower branches or pedicels longer than the upperones, and having a flat or nearly flat top, the outer flowers opening first; a cyme or cymoseinflorescence is similar to a corymb but is closed (the inner flowers open first) and often the partsarranged in threes; a dichasium has only three flowers, the central flower opening first and the twobelow, one on each side opening last (a cyme is also defined as a compound dichasium); a fascicle hassessile or pedicelled flowers and crowded, usually axillary; a catkin or ament is a short or long,usually dense, scaly spike; a spadix is a dry or fleshy spike with small flowers, the whole surroundeby an enveloping organ called a spathe, as in the taro (gabi). Inflorescence with flowers occurring inpairs are said to be binate. 10.to9.12.13. Lo15. Lo16.1416.

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Inflorescence can be defined as the arrangement or flowers on the floral axis or it can also be…