Question
Identify the type of flowers based on the position of calyx, corolla and androecium with respect to the ovary from the given figures (a) and (b)
NEET
Botany
Morphology of Flowering Plants
2024
NEET 2024
NEET Botany Question (2024) — Solution
Options
- A. (a) Hypogynous; (b) Epigynous
- B. (a) Perigynous; (b) Epigynous
- C. (a) Perigynous; (b) Perigynous
- D. (a) Epigynous; (b) Hypogynous
Answer
C. (a) Perigynous; (b) Perigynous
Step-by-step solution
If gynoecium is situated in the centre and other parts of the flower are located on the rim of the thalamus almost at the same level, it is called perigynous. Both diagram shows perigynous condition.
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