Claim · model-written summary
Female spikelet length is linked to the relative position of the spikelet on the rachis.
- Taxon
- Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix dactyliferae0 - Organ / stage
- female inflorescencee4
- Outcome
- spikelets lengthse4
- Qualifier
- relative position on the rachise4
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Verbatim
e0“The date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae), is a subtropical palm widely cultivated for numerous uses and ecosystematic services”
e4“For female inflorescence, spikelets lengths are linked to their relative position on the rachis, the number of spikelets is on average 62, every spikelet carries 55 flowers on average”
Title
Comparative study of architecture and geometry of the date palm male and female inflorescences
Oumarou Zango; Claudio Littardi; René Lecoustre; et al. Agritrop (Cirad) 2016
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Inflorescence development in the date palm is acrotone.
- Observation Every palm leaf axils an inflorescence bud.
- Association Inflorescences and female spikelets are longer than male ones.
- Observation Female inflorescences carry on average 62 spikelets.
- Observation Each female spikelet carries on average 55 flowers.
- Observation Male spikelet length is independent of their relative position on the rachis.
- Observation The number of spikes per rachis is on average 236 in the male inflorescence.
- Observation Each spike carries on average 81 flowers in the male inflorescence.
- Association The architecture of male spikelets is more complex than that of female spikelets.