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Annals of Botany 28: 311-318, 1964
© 1964 Annals of Botany Company

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

Some Remarkable Inflorescences in the Ericales and thier Taxonomic Significance

LESLIE WATSON

Department of Botany, University of Manchester1

Certain Epacridaceae have flattened bract-like structures (‘false bracts’) bearing abortive buds, associated with the flowers. Comparative morphological and anatomical studies show that these are best interpreted as the modified tips of inflorescence axes. False bracts are limited to three genera where flowers are solitary in the leaf axils. Taxonomic interest in their distribution lies in the fact that it supports the maintenance of Cyathodes, Styphelia, and other long-standing genera which are sometimes reduced to synonymy.


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