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cauliflory Bot.|ˈkɔːlɪflɔərɪ|
[f. L. caulis stem + flōs, flōris flower.]
The production of flowers directly from the trunk or branches.
1903W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper's Plant-Geogr. iv. 336 In cauliflory the flowers appear sometimes only on main stems, sometimes only on branches, sometimes, and this is most usual, on both main stems and branches alike. Ibid., In constantly humid tropic forests cauliflory, that is to say, the formation of flowers on old wood, is not rare. 1908W. H. Lang tr. Strasburger's Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 3) 625 The flowers are borne on the main stem or the older branches, and arise from dormant axillary buds (cauliflory). 1952P. W. Richards Tropical Rain Forest iv. 54 Many rain-forest trees..bear their flowers directly on the trunk or larger branches... This unusual habit, known as cauliflory, is highly characteristic of the Tropical Rain forest. |
