NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsPractice
The perigynous ovary will be seen in
Options
- APeach
- BCucumber
- CCotton
- DGuava
Correct answer
A. Peach
Step-by-step solution
The flower of the angiosperm plant can be categorized depending on the arrangement of the whorls around the gynoecium. Epigynous flowers have the ovary is in the inferior position as the thalamus surrounds the ovary and may even fuse with it. The other whorls develop over the thalamus. This arrangement is shown by guava, cucumber and ray florets of sunflower. If the ovary position is above the thalamus, that is superior to other whorls, the arrangement is called hypogynous. Mustard, brinjal develop such flowers. Wh