An
inflorescence is a group or cluster of
flowers arranged on a
stem that is composed of a main
branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
Morphologically, it is the part of the
shoot of
seed plants where
flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified. The modifications can involve the length and the nature of the
internodes and the
phyllotaxis, as well as variations in the proportions, compressions, swellings,
adnations,
connations and reduction of main and secondary axes. Inflorescence can also be defined as the reproductive portion of a plant that bears a cluster of flowers in a specific pattern.