A) Cypsela fruit
B) Capirulum inflorescence
C) Hypogynous flowers
D) Syngenesious anthers
E) Pappus calyx
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Special features of Compositae (Asteraceae)- Predominantly herbs. Flowers are massed together in a head or captitulum inflorescence. Effective type of floral mechanism to achieve both self and cross pollination. Flowers are typically penta-merous, gamopetalous, bisexual, epigynous with definite number of stmens ie, 5 and carpels ie (2). Anthers are two celled, introse, united laterally into a tube (syngenesious). Protection of floral buds by the involucre of bracts. Calyx is rudimentary or absent, modified into a large number of bristles or hairs-like structures called the Pappus, which acts like parachute in dispersal of fruits.
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