A cyclic flower is a flower type formed out of a series of whorls;[1] sets of identical organs attached around the axis at the same point.
However in the common case of spirally arranged sepals on an otherwise cyclic flower, the term hemicyclic may be used.
[2] The suffix -cyclic is used to denote the number of whorls contained within a flower.
Tricyclic flowers also occur, generally where there is a single undifferentiated perianth.
The greatest variation occurs in the calyx and the androecium.