Editing Linospadix linospadix (section)

===Bract attachment positions:===
The position of attachment of the
peduncular bract is one of the primary characters
that separates genera in the
Linospadicinae. In all genera, the prophyll
(lower bract on the peduncle) is attached at
the base of the peduncle: it is the position
of attachment of the peduncular bract
(upper bract on the peduncle) that differs
among genera. In
''Calyptrocalyx/Paralinospadix''
the peduncular bract is attached immediately adjacent to the
prophyll, and the developing infiorescence
becomes exposed with the distal portion
breaking through while still in immature
bud. In ''Howea'' and ''Laccospadix'',
the peduncular bract is attached about
midway between where the prophyll is attached
and the lowest flowers on the rachilla
(flower bearing portion of the infiorescence).
The peduncular bract fully encloses
the infiorescence, with the rachilla only
becoming exposed upon disintegration of
the bract, though the bract still remains attached
and is never shed. In
''Linospadix'', the peduncular bract is attached
at the extreme distal end of the peduncle,
and therefore a considerable portion of the
peduncle is exposed. As the
inflorescence develops, the rachilla remains
fully enclosed within the peduncular bract.
At, or just prior to maturity of the flowers,
the peduncular bract withers and is shed,
leaving a more or less clean scar at the base
of the rachilla.