"Sympodium" redirects here. For other uses, see Sympodium (disambiguation).
Sympodial growth patterns in a flowerhead: helicoid (left) and scorpioid (right) cymes, side and top views
Laelia superbiens, a sympodial orchid.
Sympodial growth is a bifurcating branching pattern where one branch develops more strongly than the other, resulting in the stronger branches forming the primary shoot and the weaker branches appearing laterally.[1] A sympodium, also referred to as a sympode or pseudaxis, is the primary shoot, comprising the stronger branches, formed during sympodial growth. The pattern is similar to dichotomous branching; it is characterized by branching along stems or hyphae.[1]
In botany, sympodial growth occurs when the apical meristem is terminated and growth is continued by one or more lateral meristems, which repeat the process. The apical meristem may be consumed to make an inflorescence or other determinate structure, or it may be aborted.
^ abSachs, Julius (1882). Text-book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological. Clarendon Press. pp. 178.
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