milliflora

Milliflora is a term encountered in botanical and horticultural contexts rather than a formally recognized taxon. It is typically used as a descriptive epithet in species names or cultivar titles, rather than as the name of a genus or species on its own. The construction combines milli- from Latin mille meaning "thousand" with flora meaning "flowers," and it signals a plant with many small flowers. In botanical Latin, the form milliflora would be feminine and would agree with the gender of the genus it accompanies; variants such as milliflorus or milliflorum appear with masculine or neuter genera.

Usage and scope: Milliflora is used informally to describe plants with profuse floral displays, particularly those with numerous small blossoms. It may appear in older literature, horticultural catalogs, or cultivar names as a descriptor rather than as an official taxonomic rank. It is not a standalone taxon in standard databases.

Examples: Because it is descriptive rather than taxonomic, milliflora has been applied across genera and does not imply a close relationship among species. The term is sometimes encountered alongside related epithets such as multiflora or floriferous.

See also: Multiflora, Floriferous, Flowering habit.

References: For taxonomy, consult Plants of the World Online or The International Plant Names Index to verify accepted names and epithets.