Raceme vs. Panicle

Racemenoun

(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.

Racemenoun

A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.

Racemenoun

usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first

Raceme

A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis. In botany, an axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers.

Paniclenoun

(botany) A compound raceme.

Paniclenoun

A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Paniclenoun

compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers

Panicle

A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower).