NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsPractice
A family has all the characters given in the list below. Flowers pentamerous, gynoecium-bicarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary, placentation axile, placenta swollen. A representative organism from this family is
Options
- ASolanum tuberosum
- BPisum sativum
- CBrassica napus
- DAllium cepa
Correct answer
A. Solanum tuberosum
Step-by-step solution
Solanum tuberosum is potato and Solanaceae is commonly called as the 'potato family'. They have 5 petals and 5 sepals and hence they have pentamerous symmetry. They have two carpels in their gynoecium which are fused together (syncarpous condition). They have bilocular superior ovary with axile placentation. Pisum sativum (garden pea) belongs to Leguminosae, Brassica napus (rape seed) belongs to Brassicaceae and Allium cepa (onion) belongs to Liliaceae