What are the two types of inflorescences defined based on the development of the apex?

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A flower is a modified shoot wherein the shoot apical meristem changes to floral meristem. Internodes do not elongate and the axis gets condensed. The apex produces different kinds of floral appendages laterally at successive nodes instead of leaves. When a shoot tip transforms into a flower, it is always solitary. The arrangement of flowers on the floral axis is termed as inflorescence . Depending on whether the apex gets developed into a flower or continues to grow, two major types of inflorescences are defined –