NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsPractice
The placentation in carnation flower is correctly displayed by which one of the below diagrams?
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Step-by-step solution
The arrangement of ovules within the ovary is known as placentation. The placentation are of different types namely, marginal, axile, parietal, basal, central and free central. When the placenta is axial and the ovules are attached to it in a multilocular ovary, the placentaion is said to be axile (Figure A), as in china rose, tomato and lemon. When the ovules are borne on central axis and septa are absent, as in Dianthus (carnation) and Primrose the placentation is called free central. (Figure B) In marginal place