“…Typical spikelets of Poales lack a terminal flower (Eiten, 1976;Vrijdaghs et al, 2010;Kellogg, 2015), unless the problematic reproductive structures of Cyperaceae-Mapanioideae are interpreted as partial inflorescences (Richards et al, 2006;Vrijdaghs et al, 2006;Prychid and Bruhl, 2013;Monteiro et al, 2016). In the biotically pollinated families Bromeliaceae, Eriocaulaceae, and Xyridaceae, the inflorescences are racemose and lack a terminal flower (Stützel, 1982;De Sousa et al, 2008;Remizowa et al, 2012;Nogueira et al, 2017Nogueira et al, , 2021. In Mayacaceae, the flowers are solitary and axillary (Oriani and Scatena, 2019).…”