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Re: My new vine book (celatocaulis & dubia)

From: "Peter Boyce" Boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2000.06.14 at 02:22:55(4764)
Jack
A spadix is the central cylinder of the aroid flowering structure
(inflorescence) on which the flowers are carried (e.g., the rod-like
structure in the middle of a Spathiphyllum, etc.) backed by the leaf-
like spathe. The combination of the spadix and spathe plus the
flowers lacking individual bracts are the defining characteristics of
almost all aroids.
Pete
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