Botany - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question with Solution | TestHub
Three floral diagrams are given here. Their respective families are assigned in the answer key. Find out the families to which these diagrams belong to
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'Pappus', a hairy structure is a modification of calyx and is the characteristic feature of a family - Asteraceae.
So,
is the floral formula of a family - Asteraceae.
Calyx 5, gamosepalous, persistent, corolla 5, gamopetalous. Androecium 5, polyandrous and gynoecium bicarpellary and syncarpous are the diagnostic feature of a family - Solanaceae, shown by floral formula
Calyx 4, polysepalous and arranged in 2 worlds of 2 each, corolla 4, polypetalous and cruciform. Androecium 6, polyandrous, tetradynamous.
Gynoecouim, bicarpellary, syncarpous and superior, placentation pariential with a partition calledreplum.
These are the diagnostic feature of a family - Brassicaceae or Cruciferae, shown by floral formula
