Thyrse

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A '''thyrse''' is a type of inflorescence in which the main axis grows indeterminately, and the subaxes (branches) have determinate growth.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Hickey, M.|author2=King, C. |year=2001 |title=The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Syringa Leipzig 2011.jpg|''Syringa'', lilac File:Banana Maria Sibylla Merian 1705 plate XII.png|The thyrse of a banana plant has side branches which become hands of bananas File:Vitex agnus-castus 002.JPG|The inflorescence of ''Vitex agnus-castus'' has branches, each of which is a thyrse </gallery>

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Category:Plant morphology

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