Monopodial

Monopodial

The term monopodial, a word derived from the term monopodium, in botany, means the indefinite inflorescence from whose axis other flowers originate laterally, or, the development of a branching of a tree which has the main axis with indefinite growth and branches of different orders with limited development and subordinate to the trunk.
With the term monopodial, in general, it is said of any organ with indefinite growth.
In monopodial growth the main stem continues to elongate at a faster rate than the secondary lateral branches and the apical bud survives indefinitely.
In botany, therefore, the monopodial branching of a plant is characterized by an uninterrupted growth of the main axis and limited development of the lateral axes which form branches of I, II, III order, etc., as is generally observed in conifers.
The term monopodial is opposed to that of sympodial.