NEETBotanyMorphology of Flowering Plants
Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. A leaf is said to be simple, when its lamina is entire or when incised, the incisions do not touch the midrib 2. When the incisions of the lamina reach up to the midrib breaking it into a number of leaflets, the leaf is called compound. 3. A bud is present in the axil or petiole in both simple and compound leaves, also in the axil of leaflets of the comp
Options
- AOnly 3 is correct
- BOnly 1 is incorrect
- CAll are correct
- DOnly 3 is incorrect
Correct answer
D. Only 3 is incorrect
Step-by-step solution
A leaf is said to be simple, when its lamina is entire or when incised, the incisions do not touch the midrib. When the incisions, of the lamina reach up to the midrib breaking it into a number of leaflets, the leaf is called compound. A bud is present in the axil of petiole in both simple and compound leaves, but not in the axil of leaflets of the compound leaf.