NEET2013BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsActual
In China rose the flowers are
Options
- Aactinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
- Bactinomorphic, epigynous with valvate aestivation
- Czygomorphic, hypogynous with imbricate aestivation
- Dzygomorphic, epigynous with twisted aestivation
Correct answer
A. actinomorphic, hypogynous with twisted aestivation
Step-by-step solution
Actinomorphic (star-shaped) can be divided into 3 or more identical sectors, which are related to each other by rotation about the centre of the flower, e.g., China rose. Zygomorphic flowers can be divided by only a single plane into two mirror image halves, e.g., orchids. Valvate aestivation The sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin, e.g., Calotropis. Twisted aestivation One margin of the appendage overlaps that of the next one, e.g., China rose. Imbricate aestivation the margins of sepa