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Cannabis (drug) cultivation -> Marijuana cultivation

Hello. I don't necessarily agree with this move, and would like to discuss moving it back or renaming the article simply Cannabis cultivation if conciseness is all that is desired. Marijuana is a slang term and should not be preferred for the name of this article. —Whig (talk) 22:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

You must gain consensus before making such a controversial move, i have moved it to cultivation of cannabis, I suggest you join in the talk discussion re moving it to marijuana, which is a slangy US term for cannabis. i for one strongly oppose such a move. Thanks, SqueakBox talk 16:21, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Minor edits

Marking an edit as "minor" (example) does not mean "small change". The official line is at Help:Minor edit but generally a minor edit is a typo fix, or uncontroversial grammar fix such as inserting a comma, or fixing a bad link. I'm just letting you know my opinion for you to consider; there is no need to reply. I undid the above change, for reasons totally unrelated to it being marked as minor. Let's discuss any differences about the article over at Talk:Polymorphism (biology), but I'll say here that I was a bit picky about the edit because I think there have been too many changes to the established article in recent times. Johnuniq (talk) 03:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

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Primary production

Hi Rick. Just to say that I've commented on your (now reverted) merge of primary production over here. Cheers, --PLUMBAGO 08:47, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Rick. You might like to take a look at the productivity article. I think that might benefit from your input. Cheers, --PLUMBAGO 11:42, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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A new view on Inflorescence

Inflorescence (inflorescere: to begin to bloom) refers to either the process of flowering in angiosperms or any flowering part of those, as in flower cluster or other arrangement. In the context of botany, it is a subfield of plant morphology. Flowering plants can be classified according to their mode of inflorescence and specifically the geometric arrangement, maturation pattern and anatomy of their flowers, flower-bearing stalks, bracts and leaves. Although helpful, such taxonomy may become composite to the point that discrete order vanishes, thus reflecting the existence of an "inflorescence continuum". Furthermore, the scientific community has yet to reach consensus on terminology.

Basics

The central axis supporting an entire inflorescence is called peduncle or rachis but this designation is relative. The peduncle may be identical to the primary stem or be part of a lateral branch. The stalk that directly bears a flower is called pedicel and may be lengthy or almost non-existent.

Bracts are leaf-like organs that subtend a pedicel, a flower axis, a flower, or a group or cluster of flowers. They are typically (but not always) specialized and may organize into conspicuous, aggregational structures (as in circular whorls or rosettes) called involucres (if below an entire inflorescence) or involucels (if below a unit of inflorescence). A spathe is a large, often colored bract that encloses and protects the inflorescence.

Growth is said to be indeterminate when the apical meristem of a shoot has potential for unlimited growth by remaining active at all times. Growth is determinate when the shoot terminates, either by inactivation of the apical meristem or conversion into a functional complex (as in flower, fruit, thorn, tendril and the like).

Determinate inflorescence is one whose peduncle follows determinate growth and hence terminates in a flower. Usually the terminal flower matures first with subsequent basipetal maturation. An indeterminate inflorescence is one whose peduncle follows indeterminate growth. Usually it follows acropetal maturation and lateral branches terminate in a flower.

A maturation pattern is acropetal when it occurs from the base towards the apex. Accordingly, basipetal maturation develops towards the base and divergent follows two opposite directions, one acropetal and one basipetal. Other patterns include centrifugal (flowers of the peduncle mature first and lateral flowers last) and centripetal maturation.

A whorl is a circular arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves or flowers) around an axial point.

Inflorescence is said to be:

• Axillary, if it arises from the axil of the nearest vegetative leaf.
• Terminal, if it arises form the tip of a terminal shoot that gave rise to the nearest vegetative leaves.
• Cauliflorous, if it grows directly from a woody stem or trunk.
• Scapose if it consists of one or more flowers on an essentially leafless peduncle, usually arising from a basal rosette.

Determinate Inflorescences

A cyme or cymose (meaning swollen) is a generic characterization of determinate and centrifugal inflorescence, i.e. the central or terminal flower(s) open first and those on lateral branches last. Examples include members of Sambucus and Allium. Some scientists use the terms "cyme" and "determinate" interchangeably.

Dichasia

A dichasium is a type of cyme where lateral branching below the terminal flower(s) originates from two or more opposite buds and is primarily sympodial. A simple dichasium has a single terminal flower and two opposite lateral flowers with pedicels of equal length, as in Stellaria nemorum. Bracts may subtend the two lateral flowers or may be absent. A small, simple dichasium is also called cymule. A compound dichasium branches progressively and symmetrically into cymules. A compound cyme is similar to a compound dichasium but lacks consistent dichasial branching pattern. Some compound cymes actually have the same branching pattern as a compound dichasium but with certain internodes reduced or eliminated, thus appearing more compact. Such compound patterns are often flat-topped or round-topped.

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  Compound dichasium

Monochasia

A monochasium is a cyme that develops through single (not paired) branches at each node, as in buttercup. Monochasial patterns include:

• Helicoid (a.k.a. bostryx) and drepanium: In both patterns each new axis develops on only one side of a preexisting axis. If viewed from above, helicoids appear to extend in a plane whereas drepania appear to extend linearly. Helicoids are common in monocotyledons.
• Scorpioid (a.k.a. cincinnus) and rhipidium: In both patterns each new axis develops on alternating sides of preexisting axes. If viewed from above, scorpioids appear to extend in a plane whereas rhipidia appear to extend linearly. In some versions, rhipidia exhibit an acropetal pattern.

In reality, these four monochasial patterns are not discrete; several intermediate forms may occur.

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  Helicoid: side and top view
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  Drepanium: side and top view
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  Scorpioid: side and top view
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  Rhipidium: side and top view

Indeterminate Inflorescences

A raceme or racemose is a generic characterization of indeterminate and acropetal inflorescence. Some sources require racemes to be unbranched (consisting of a single peduncle), carry pedicellate flowers and/or follow monopodial growth. Often the terms "raceme" and "indeterminate" are used interchangeably. Examples include Convallaria majalis and members of Digitalis.

Panicles

Panicles are compound (branched) racemes. The branches are raceme themselves and may originate from alternating sides of the peduncle, often spirally. Panicles are believed to be one of the earliest forms of raceme from which other types evolved. Examples: Yucca, Poaceae.

A thyrse is a panicle of oppositely positioned, cymose (usually dichasia) lateral branches.

Spikes

Spikes are unbranched racemes of very short pedicels (i.e. the flowers are sessile). Examples: Poaceae (also known as grasses) such as wheat, Cyperaceae (also known as the sedges), plantain, Orchidaceae, Typha and Calluna vulgaris. The spikes of Poaceae and Cyperaceae are further composed of spikelets (small spike, also called earlet). Cyperaceae spikelets have sessile flowers on a short axis called rachilla, each flower subtended by a bract, the scale. A Poaceae spikelet consists of a rachilla, typically bearing two basal bracts called glumes and one or more short lateral branch units (florets), each of which bears two bracts, lemma and palea that subtend a terminal, reduced flower. In Holcus and Setaria the whole spikelet is a dispersal unit.

A spadix is a spike whose peduncle is fleshy and broadens continuously into a swollen, large, petal-like bract (the spathe) that bears flowers often unisexual and/or clustered. Examples: Araceae, Arisaema triphyllum.

A catkin (also known as ament) is a spike of unisexual flowers that hangs down from the stem (i.e. it is pendulus) after flowering or fruiting, as in oak, willow and birch males.

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  Catkin

Advanced and mixed inflorescences

The verticillaster (meaning false whorl), typical of Lamiaceae, is a single-axis raceme or cyme. At the nodes flowers may be sessile, arise from the axils of opposite bracts and cluster into pairs in a whorl-like manner, or develop into dense, oppositely arranged cymose branches with reduced to non-existent internodes and pedicels.

Corymbs and Umbels

Corymbs are racemes in which the lower flower-bearing stalks are longer than the higher ones, resulting in a round-topped or flat-topped appearance. If viewed from the side and in a latitudinal direction, the flowers seem to follow a centripetal maturation pattern. Simple corymbs are unbranched, consisting of a central axis bearing pedicellate flowers. Compound corymbs are branched. Examples: Aronia obtusifolia, members of Crataegus, Brassicaceae and Viburnum.

Umbels are determinate or indeterminate, round-topped or flat-topped, simple (like Asclepias syriaca) or compound (like members of Apiaceae) inflorescences in which flower-bearing stalks originate from roughly the same point on the peduncle. In compound umbels, secondary axes (called rays) stem from a point of the peduncle. Simple, flat-topped umbels are attached to the tip of each ray. Umbels are sometimes considered mixed, as they derive from both cymes and racemes by reduction of the internodes of the peduncle. A pseudoumbel, although it appears as if a simple umbel, in reality it consists of compact monochasia, as in Alliaceae and Amaryllidaceae.

Capitulum

Inner and outer florets of the sunflower (Helianthus anuus)

A capitulum or anthodium or head (found in Asteraceae and Taraxacum) is a determinate or indeterminate inflorescence where the usually short peduncle expands into a compound receptacle (mass of tissue at the apex of a peduncle that bears more than one flower, also called torus) which is itself clustered by sessile or subsessile florets and often subtended by an involucre. This results in a type of pseudanthium (Greek: a "lying" flower) where upon close examination a seemingly solitary inflorescence (consisting of a single flower) is revealed as a delicate, compact organization of numerous small flowers. In several members of Asteraceae such as Helianthus anuus the outer flowers (also called rays) are generally sterile and attain a distinguishable zygomorphic corolla while the inner (disk) flowers are complete (with both male and female reproductive organs) and have a small actinomorphic corolla. Inflorescences that resemble a head but lack a compound receptacle are termed headlike. Scientific research suggests that the pseudanthium is an evolutionary pioneer. It is believed that inflorescence tends to produce minimized flowers integrated into clusters of specialized florets, with the outer regions more flashy and the inner focused on reproduction. The more condensed the inflorescence, the more efficient the pollination.

Another type of pseudanthium unique in Euphorbiaceae, the cyathium , consists of small, unisexual flowers grouped together and surrounded by an involucre (the perigon) often consisting of petaloid glands.

A hypanthodium (not to be confused with hypanthium) bears numerous flowers on the inside or on the walls of a convex or involuted compound receptacle, as in Ficus, Hibiscus and Solanum.

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  Simple Corymb
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  Compound Corymb
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  Umbel
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  Compound umbel
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  Compound umbel
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  Capitulum
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  Round capitulum
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  Capitulum

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  Raceme
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  Epilobium angustifolium
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  Spike
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  Plantago media (spike)
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  Racemose corymb
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  Iberis umbellata (racemose corymb)
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  Umbel
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  Astrantia minor (umbel)
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  Spadix
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  Arum maculatum (spadix)
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  Head (round)
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  Dipsacus fullonum (head)
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  Catkin (racemose or spicate)
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  Alnus incana (ament)

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  Homeothetic compound raceme
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  Melilotus officinalis (homoeothetic compound raceme)
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  Heterothetic compound raceme
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  Hebe albicans (heterothetic compound raceme)
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  Compound spike
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  Lolium temulentum (compound spike)
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  Compound capitulum
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  Echinops ritro (compound capitulum)
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  Compound (double) umbel
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  Laserpicium latifolium (double umbel)
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  Compound (triple) umbel

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  Panicle
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  Vitis vinifera (panicle)
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  Cymose corymb
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  Sambucus nigra (cymose corymb)
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  Anthela
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  Juncus inflexus (anthela)

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  Thyrse
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  Aesculus hippocastanum
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  Thyrsoid
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  Syringa vulgaris

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  Achillea sp. (heads in a corymb)
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  Hedera helix (umbels in a panicle)
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  Matricaria chamomilla (calathid)
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  Triticum aestivum (compound spikes, "spikes")
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  Oryza sativa (spikes in a panicle, "panicle")
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  Ficus carica (syconium)
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  Euphorbia tridentata (cyathium)
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  Euphorbia cyparissias (cyathia in an umbel)
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  (Coleus-false spike)

Love

Your insert into the lede needs a source. Do you know of any neutral sources that suggest that what animals feel is "love," or that what we call "love" - in its highest conception - is something animals share? -Stevertigo (w | t | e) 21:39, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

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