An inflorescence consisting of a cuplike cluster of modified leaves enclosing a female flower and several male flowers, as in the poinsettia.
花序外观似一朵花,外面围以杯状总苞,总苞具蜜腺,内含一朵无被雌花和多朵无被雄花,开放次序是雌花最早伸出开放,雄花开放由内到外为聚伞式开放,如大戟科泽漆属一品红。