Secretory pedicels? Development, morphology, and histochemistry of articulated pedicels in Neotropical Malveae (Malvaceae).

In the Malveae tribe (Malvaceae), the axis supporting the flower has a joint at the upper third. This axis can be considered as an articulated pedicel, peduncle, peduncle-pedicel, or anthopodium. Such disparity in terminology reveals a duality in interpretation since this structure is classified as part of the inflorescence or part of the flower.