Anatomy of Flowering Plants
- An aggregate fruit is one which develops from:
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Aggregate fruits (etaerio) develop from the multicarpellary apocarpous ovary. They are of following types; Etaerio of follicles, etaerio of achenes, etaerio of berries, etaerio of drupes.
Correct Option: B
Aggregate fruits (etaerio) develop from the multicarpellary apocarpous ovary. They are of following types; Etaerio of follicles, etaerio of achenes, etaerio of berries, etaerio of drupes.
- Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Generally, monocotyledonous seeds (e.g., grasses) are endospermic but some as in orchids are non-endospermic. Mango is a drupe fruit that develops from multicarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary having one or many seeds. A sterile stamen is called a staminode. In monocots, outer covering of endosperm separates the embryo by a proteinous layer called aleurone layer.
Correct Option: C
Generally, monocotyledonous seeds (e.g., grasses) are endospermic but some as in orchids are non-endospermic. Mango is a drupe fruit that develops from multicarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary having one or many seeds. A sterile stamen is called a staminode. In monocots, outer covering of endosperm separates the embryo by a proteinous layer called aleurone layer.
- Placenta and pericarp are both edible portions in:
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In tomato the edible part is pericarp and placenta.
Correct Option: C
In tomato the edible part is pericarp and placenta.
- The wheat grain has an embryo with one, large, shield-shaped cotyledon known as:
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Scutellum is large, shield shaped cotyledon that helps in the absorption of nutrients from endosperm during germination.
Correct Option: B
Scutellum is large, shield shaped cotyledon that helps in the absorption of nutrients from endosperm during germination.
- Epipetalous stamens with free filaments and fused anthers occur in
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Asteraceae possess five stamens with free filaments but anthers are united forming a tube around the style (syngenesious).
Correct Option: A
Asteraceae possess five stamens with free filaments but anthers are united forming a tube around the style (syngenesious).