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is an example of spike inflorescence.

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Important Questions on Morphology in Flowering Plants

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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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   List - I     List - II
(a) Flowers appear to have arisen from the same point of peduncle (i) Corymb
(b) The sessile flowers are arranged on peduncle in acropetal manner (ii) Umbel
(c) The sessile unisexual and neuter flowers arranged in acropetal succession protected by a modified bract (iii) Spike
(d) Unisexual and/or bisexual sessile flowers develop centripetally on a condensed peduncle (iv) Capitulum
    (v) Spadix

The correct answer is

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A family delimited by head type of inflorescence is-
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Fill in the blank with the correct option from the bracket.

The family Labiatae, the type of inflorescence is _____. (hypanthodium, cyathium, umbel, verticillaster)

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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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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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_____ is an example of the compound raceme inflorescence.
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Verticillaster inflorescence, the ratio between male and female flowers is:
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Arrangement and opening of flowers in simple raceme is _____ manner.
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Fill in the blank with the correct option from the bracket.

The inflorescence of raktodrone (Leonurus) is called _____. (hypanthodium, cyathium, umbel, verticillaster)