Fig. 1.
Schematic representation of male inflorescences in Myristicaceae. — a: single type, of Endocomia
rufirachis — b: plural type, distally branched, of Endocomia
macrocoma
subsp.
longipes — c: ditto of Gymnacranthera
forbesii
var.
forbesii — d-g: plural type, generally distally branched, of Horsfieldia, d: H.
polyspherula, e: H.
clavata, f: H.
spic at a, g: H.
iryaghedhi (the latter with a strongly aberrant inflorescence within the genus Horsfieldia, the position of the first basal ramifications of the single-type partial inflorescences is often not clear) — h-k: a choice of forms of single-type inflorescences in Knema, h: K.
pseudolaurina, i: K.
furfur ace a, y. K.
celebica, k: K.
tridactyla — l-o: a choice of forms of single-type inflorescences as found in Myristica: sect.
Myristica: 1: M.
iners, m: M.
schleinitzii, n: M.
fragrans; sect.
Fatua: o: M.
fatua — p: inflorescence of Paramyristica
sepicana; note that here the single-type inflorescences, which are similar in Myristica, are distichously grouped into a short-shoot ending in a vegetative bud.