Parakladium

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Inflorescence of Buddleja davidii : main axis with 2 paracladia

Parakladium (also Paracladium or Parakladie ) is a term used in botany for certain forms of compound inflorescences (inflorescences): If side shoots of the inflorescence reflect the appearance and branching shape of the inflorescence of the main axis (possibly in a reduced form), this is called Lateral axes as Parakladien (or also as "repetitive instincts", as they to a certain extent repeat the behavior of the main shoot).

An inflorescence composed in this way can achieve greater complexity in that a Parakladium itself bears Parakladium again (= Parakladium 2nd order, 3rd order etc.).

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