Racemo

Racemo is a term that can appear in different contexts, though it is most often encountered as a nonstandard variant of the botanical term raceme. In botanical usage, raceme refers to a type of inflorescence in which flowers are mounted on short stalks (pedicels) along a central axis that continues to grow as flowering progresses from the base toward the tip. The flowers are typically similar in size and arrange along an unbranched axis.

The raceme is contrasted with other inflorescences: a spike is an unbranched axis with sessile flowers (no pedicels), while a panicle is a branched inflorescence with multiple levels of branching and pedicels. The standard adjective for this inflorescence type is racemose, and the noun form is raceme. In formal botanical writing, raceme is preferred, and racemo may be encountered as a misspelling or variant.

Outside of strict botanical terminology, racemo may appear as a proper noun in branding, product names, or personal/place names. Such uses are uncommon and not tied to a distinct scientific concept; they reflect naming choices rather than a separate field of study.

See also: raceme; racemose; inflorescence terminology.