Chapter 5
Morphology of Flowering Plants
1. How is a pinnately compound leaf different from a palmately compound leaf?
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2. Explain with suitable examples the different types of phyllotaxy.
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3. Define the following terms:
(a) aestivation (b) placentation (c) actinomorphic
(d) zygomorphic (e) superior ovary (f) perigynous flower
(g) epipetalous stamen
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4. Differentiate between
(a) Racemose and cymose inflorescence
(b) Apocarpous and syncarpous ovary
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5. Draw the labelled diagram of the following:
(i) gram seed (ii) V.S. of maize seed
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6. Take one flower of the family Solanaceae and write its semi-technical description. Also draw their floral diagram.
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7. Describe the various types of placentations found in flowering plants.
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8. What is a flower? Describe the parts of a typical angiosperm flower.
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9. Define the term inflorescence. Explain the basis for the different types inflorescence in flowering plants.
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10. Describe the arrangement of floral members in relation to their insertion on thalamus.
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