NEET2016BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsActual
How many plants among Indigofera, Sesbania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard, groundnut, radish, gram and turnip have stamens with different lengths in their flowers?
Options
- AThree
- BFour
- CFive
- DSix
Correct answer
B. Four
Step-by-step solution
Mustard, Radish, and Turnip belong to family Brassicaceae, have stamens with different lengths in their flowers with androecium arrangement → A 2 + 4 . Salvia belongs to family Lamiaceae, have stamens with different lengths in their flowers with androecium arrangement → A 2 + 2 . Indigofera, Sesbania and gram belong to the Fabaceae family. Androecium in them is usually 10 stamens, filaments may be distinct or all united into a tube Monadelphous, or 9 united into a strap with one filament free diadelphou