Anatomy of Flowering Plants
- Coconut fruit is a:
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Coconut fruit is a drupe. A drupe is a fleshy fruit with thin skin and central stone containing the seed.
Correct Option: D
Coconut fruit is a drupe. A drupe is a fleshy fruit with thin skin and central stone containing the seed.
- 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).
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Asteraceae possess five stamens with free filaments but anthers are united forming a tube around the style (syngenesious).
- Hypanthodium is
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Hypanthodium is a special kind of inflorescence where the receptacle is usually fleshy and flask-shaped. e.g. Ficus.
Correct Option: C
Hypanthodium is a special kind of inflorescence where the receptacle is usually fleshy and flask-shaped. e.g. Ficus.
- Stems modified into flat green organs performing the functions of leaves are known as
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Phylloclade refers to a portion of a flattened leaf-like stem or branch with multiple nodes and internodes, and cladode for a single internode of a phylloclade. In some plants, the petioles are flattened and widened, to become phyllodes or phyllodia.
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Phylloclade refers to a portion of a flattened leaf-like stem or branch with multiple nodes and internodes, and cladode for a single internode of a phylloclade. In some plants, the petioles are flattened and widened, to become phyllodes or phyllodia.
- Leaves become modified into spines in :-
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In Opuntia, leaves become modified into spines to avoid transpiration so as to save water for desert adaptation. The stems of this plant appear like-leaf, termed as- phylloclades which perform the process of photosynthesis.
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In Opuntia, leaves become modified into spines to avoid transpiration so as to save water for desert adaptation. The stems of this plant appear like-leaf, termed as- phylloclades which perform the process of photosynthesis.