NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Inflorescence and Flower

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    Pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers, bicarpillary ovary with oblique septa, and fruit a capsule or berry, are characteristic features of: [AIPMT (S) 2006]

    A) Asteraceae

    B) Brassicaceae     

    C) Solanaceae

    D) Liliaceae

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Family Solanaceae possesses pentamerous actinomorphic hypogynous hermaphrodite complete flowers bicarpellary Syncarpous superior bilocular ovary with axile placentation and oblique septa. The fruit is a berry or septicidal capsule.
    In Asteraceae ovary is bicarpellary suncarpous inferior unilocular and fruit is cypsela.
    In Brassicaceae ovary is bicarpellary syncarpous superior unilocular but later becomes bilocular due to false septum fruit is siliqua or silicula.
    In Liliaeeae flowers are usually trimerous ovary is tricarpellary syncarpous superior trilocular and fruit is fleshy berry or capsule.


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