Flower Info Listing From Anther To Cyme

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Botanical name	English name	Description
A
Anther	Anther
	This Refers To the Parts of a flower	The part of the stamen that produces the pollen.
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B
Bostryx	Curl
	This Refers To the Type of flower	A kind of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis or stalk, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparous helicoid cyme.
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C
Calyx	Calyx
	This Refers To the Parts of a flower	The calyx is the sepals collectively. It is the set of modified leaves which usually enclose the flower when it is in the bud stage.
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Capitulum	Head
	This Refers To the Flower type	The individual flowers of this inflorenscence are packed tightly on a flattened structure. The individual flowers are sessile(without stalks). The Sunflower is one example of this type of inflorenscence.
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Catkin	Catkin
	This Refers To the Flower type	A catkin is an inflorenscence which is a pendulus spike having bracts on the axis which bears unisexual flowers like the Hazelnut.
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Cincinnus	Curl
	This Refers To the Flower type	A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis. It is called also scorpioid cyme because it looks like a scorpion..
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Corolla	Crown
	This Refers To the Parts of a flower	The petals of a flower considered as a group and usually of a color other than green; the inner whorl of the perianth. It is usually the coloured corolla that we grow flowers for.
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Corona	Crown
	This Refers To the Parts of a flower	A crown-shaped, funnel-shaped, or trumpet-shaped union growth of the perianth of certain flowers, such as the Daffodil or the Cobea scandens. Also called crown.
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Corymb	Cluster
	This Refers To the Flower type	This inflorenscence has flowers arising from the axis like a raceme, but with the lower flowers having elongated stalks. The whole inflorenscence therefore appears flat or slightly domed. The youngest flowers are in the center of the flat or slightly domed inflorenscence.
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Cyme	Sprout
	This Refers To the Flower type	This inflorenscence has flowers arising from the axis like a raceme, but with the lower flowers having elongated stalks. The whole inflorenscence therefore appears flat or domed. The youngest flowers are at the edges of the flat or domed inflorenscence. In this sense it is like a corymb, but with the youngest flowers at the edges.
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