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Define spike inflorescence.

Important Questions on Reproductive Morphology

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Describe the flower of Musa paradisiaca in technical terms.
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The head inflorescence is reduced to single flower in:
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Match the following lists:
  List-I   List-II
(A) Musa, Cocos, Colocasia (I)

Corymb
(B) Crotalaria, Mangifera (II)

Spike
(C) Cassia, Cauliflower (III)

Umbel
(D) Achyranthes, Grasses (IV) Spadix
    (V) Raceme

The correct match is:

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_____ are of the same length in a compound umbel.
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In catkin inflorescence, the flowers are _____.
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Inflorescence is the arrangement of flowers on the _____.
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The inflorescence of sunflower is called _____. (cyathium, verticillaster, capitulum, spadix)

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In which inflorescence sessile flowers develop from the base to apex and the axis is not terminated by a bud?
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Hypanthodium type of inflorescence is found in _____. (Leucas, Dorstenia, Anthocephalus, Ficus)

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Each spikelet may bear one to several flowers or florets attached to a central stalk known as a _____.
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_____ is an example of the compound raceme inflorescence.
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Arrangement and opening of flowers in simple raceme is _____ manner.
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The family Labiatae, the type of inflorescence is _____. (hypanthodium, cyathium, umbel, verticillaster)

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Compound raceme is also called _____.
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In the case of spadix inflorescence, the entire inflorescence is covered by large green or white petaloid bract is called _____.
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In Oryza, the type of inflorescence is _____. (strobile, spike, spikelet, corymb)

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Simple cyme is also called _____.
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In _____, a pair of simple cymes are borne acropetally at each node on an indefinitely growing axis.
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Hypanthodium is the condensed type of _____ inflorescence.
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The inflorescence of fig is called _____. (cyathium, capitulum, verticillaster, hypanthodium)