If the FU bears paraclades, it may be described as a panicle (Standley, 1917; Eliasson, 1987; Robertson, 1981) or, in practical terms, as a "paniculiform complex inflorescence" (Borsch, 2001); however, following a strict terminology, it as a synflorescence of
thyrsoid paracladia (Sanchez-del Pino & Flores Olivera, 2006).
hairs) thyrsus, type of inflorescence with terminal
thyrsoid flower at the branches (doesn't exist in Bromeliaceae) imbricate (#) described organs are arranged like tiles on a roof, i.e.