Brachyblast

Brachyblast [ Botany ]	Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Synonyms: Spur shoot

A very short lateral branch; a spur shoot.

A brachyblast is a short, axillary, densely crowded branchlet or shoot of limited growth, in which the internodes elongate little or at all, bearing reproductive structures and/or leaves; also termed a spur. They are typical structures of gymnosperms but also found in several angiosperm families.

◄ Left: Ceraraia namaquensis, the leaves grows on short brachiblasts.

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