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Tap root system |
Mustard |
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Fibrous root system |
Wheat |
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Adventitious roots |
Grass Monstera Banyan |
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Modifications of root for storage |
Carrot and turnip - Tap root Sweet Potato - adventitious roots |
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Pneumatophores found in |
Rhizophora |
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Type of root in raddish |
Fusiform |
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Type of root in carrot |
Conical |
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Type of root in turnip |
Napiform |
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Faciculated root in |
Asperagus and dahlia |
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Root in sweet potato is called |
Iponia |
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Modifications in stem to store food |
Potato Ginger Turmeric Zaminkand Colocasia |
They act as organs of perennation |
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Tuber is seen in |
Potato |
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Rhizome is seen in |
Ginger Turmeric Banana Pineapple Chrysanthemum |
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Corm is seen in |
Zaminkand Colocasia |
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Stem tendrils is found in |
Gourds and grapevine Gourds include:- Cucumber Pumpkin Watermelon |
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Thorns are found in |
Citrus Bougainvillea |
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Flattened photosynthetic stem |
Opuntia |
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Cylindrical photosynthetic stem |
Euphorbia |
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Runner is found in |
Runners spread to new niches and when older parts die, they germinate. Grass Strawberry |
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Stolon is seen in |
Stolon is a slender lateral branch that arises from the base of the main axis and after growing aerially for sometime , they arch downwards to touch the ground. Mint Jasmine |
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Offset is seen in |
Offset is a lateral branch of stem with short internodes and each node bearing a rosette of leaves and a tuft of roots. Pistia Eichhornia |
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Rhizome as vegetative propagule |
Banana Pineapple Chrysanthemum |
Lateral branches arise from the lower and underground part of stem, grow horizontally under the soil and come out obliquely as leafy shoots |
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Pinnately compound leaf |
Neem |
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Palmately compound leaf |
Silk cotton |
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Alternate phyllotaxy |
China rose Mustard Sun flower |
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Opposite phyllotaxy |
Calotropis Guava |
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Whorled phyllotaxy |
Alstonia |
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Leaf tendrils |
Pea |
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Spines as modification of leaf |
Cactus |
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Leaf modification for storage |
Fleshy leaves in onion Garlic |
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Australian acacia |
The leaves are small and short lived, petioles expand, become green and synthesize food |
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Insectivorous plants |
Pitcher plant Venus fly trap Modified leaves |
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Types of racemose inflorescence |
Raceme Spike Corymb Umbel Capitulum |
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Raceme is seen in |
Mustard Radish |
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Spike is seen in |
Grass |
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Corymb is seen in |
Cauliflower |
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Umbel is seen in |
Coriander |
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Capitulum is seen in |
Ray and disc flowers of sunflower and marigold |
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Racemose example |
Mustard Radhish Grass Cauliflower Coriander Ray and disc flowers of sunflower and Marigold |
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Cymose example |
Grapes |
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Perianth |
Calyx and corolla fuse together to form a single unit In lily |
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Actinomorphic example |
Mustard Datura Chilli |
CADM |
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Zygomorphic example |
Pea Gulmohar Bean Cassia |
BC GP Z |
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Asymmetric example |
Canna |
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Bract |
Reduced leaf found at the base of the pedicel |
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Hypogynous flower |
It has superior ovary Mustard China rose Brinjal |
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Perigynous flower |
It has half inferior ovary Plum Rose Peach |
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Epigynous flowers |
It has inferior ovary Guava Cucumber Ray florets of sunflower |
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Unit of calyx |
Sepals |
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Sepals United |
Gamosepalous Brinjal Cotton Datura |
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Sepals free |
Polysepalous Mustard Radish |
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Petals United |
Gamopetalous |
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Petals free |
Polypetalous |
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Tubular Corolla is found in |
Datura Petunia |
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Valvate Aestivation |
They touch each other at the margin without overlapping
Calotropis |
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Twisted Aestivation |
One margin overlaps the next appendage Lady's finger China rose Cotton |
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Imbricate Aestivation |
When the margins overlap in no particular order Cassia Gulmohar |
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Vexillary Aestivation |
It has 5 appendages 1 large Standard 2 medium Wings 2 tiny Keel Found in pea and bean |
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Staminode |
Sterile stamen |
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Epipetalous condition |
When stamens are fused with petals Brinjal |
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Epiphyllous condition |
Stamen attached to perianth Lily |
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Polyandrous condition |
Stamens remain free |
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Monoadelphous condition |
Stamens are grouped into one bundle China rose |
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Diadelphous condition |
Stamens grouped into two bundles Pea |
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Polyadelphous condition |
Stamens grouped into more than 2 bundles Citrus |
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Variation in the length of stamens in a flower |
Salvia Mustard |
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Carpels or pistils free |
Apocarpous Lotus Rose |
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Carpels fused |
Syncarpous Mustard Tomato |
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Marginal placentation |
Placenta forms a ridge along the ventral suture and ovules are borne on this ridge in two rows Pea |
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Axile Placentation |
Multilocular ovary China rose Tomato Lemon |
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Parietal placentation |
Ovules on the inner wall or peripheral part of the ovary. Mono locular It could be bilocular due to the formation of a false septum Mustard Argemone |
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Free Central placentation |
Ovules are there on central axis Septa absent Unilocular Dianthus Primrose |
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Badal placentation |
Ovule is formed at the base of the ovary Single ovule Sunflower Marigold |
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Parts of a fruit |
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Drupe |
Fruit in coconut and mango is called drupe. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovary and are single seeded |
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Endospermic seed |
Endosperm persistent in seed Castor Most monocotyledonous seeds Maize |
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Non endospermic seed |
Bean Gram Pea Orchids |
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Aleurone layer |
Outer proteinaceous covering of endosperm proteinaceous covering of endosperm covering of endosperm |
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Scutellum |
It is the cotyledon found in monocots |
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