A large sheathing bract, usually either the prophyll or a peduncular bract, surrounding the inflorescence or spadix.
A large, usually solitary bract subtending and often enclosing an inflorescence; the term is used only in the monocotyledons.
A large bract ensheathing an inflorescence or its peduncle.
Large, often colored or leafy bract surrounding the spadix in members of the arum family.
A specialized bract, usually large, that encloses a flower cluster or spadix-especially in the Araceae family.
A modified leaflike structure surrounding a spadix, as in members of the arum family (Skunk Cabbage, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Dragon Arum).
A large bract ensheathing an inflorescence or its peduncle.
A large bract covering an inflorescence.
Large bract enclosing the inflorescence, especially in palms and aroids.
A sheathing bract surrounding the inflorescence, as in Araceae, Arecaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Commelinaceae.
A large bract (or pair of bracts) at the base of, w rapping round, or surrounding the inflorescences (especially in bud) of the Arum family, and of some members of the Lily, Daffodil and Iris families.
Any bract that encloses the whole inflorescence (or partial inflorescence) in bud. Most commonly used of the arum family, where the spathe may be a large and specialized structure, but also applicable to, for example, the sheath of an onion flowerhead or the bracts enclosing the buds in irises.