Botany - Morphology of Flowering Plants Question with Solution | TestHub
Identify the correct set of statements :
(a) The leaflets are modified into pointed hard thorns inCitrusandBougainvillea
(b) Axillary buds form slender and spirally coiled tendrils in cucumber and pumpkin
(c) Stem is flattened and fleshy inOpuntiaand modified to perform the function of leaves
(d)Rhizophorashows vertically upward growing roots that help to get oxygen for respiration
(e) Subaerially growing stems in grasses and strawberry help in vegetative propagation
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The thorn is a hard, straight and pointed structure. InCitrusandBougainvilleathe axillary bud is modified into a thorn. Cucumber and pumpkins have long slender and coiled stem tendrils which develop from axillary buds. Stem is flattened and fleshy inOpuntia and modified to perform photosynthesis.Rhizophorashows vertically upward growing roots which is known as pneumatophore help to get oxygen for respiration. Subaerially growing stems in grasses and strawberry help in vegetative propagation.
