Q.Teacher described Hibiscus as solitary Cyme. What it means?

Step 1. Recall that a cymose inflorescence is defined by its pattern of growth, not by how many flowers it bears: the apical meristem of the peduncle itself terminates into a flower, so growth is finite/limited, and (when there is more than one flower) the oldest flower sits at the apex/centre with younger ones arising laterally below it.

Step 2. In Hibiscus, only a single flower is borne at the tip of the axis — there is no branching into multiple flowers — but the growth is still finite because the apical meristem itself has become the flower. …

Classify the growth pattern of the flowering axis (finite, apex-terminating) rather than …

• Assuming 'solitary' means the plant simply has one flower with no inflorescence type at all, instead of recognising the finite/cymose growth pattern behind it. …