Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 181

Question: Leaf is

Options:

A) Exogenous lateral outgrowth

B) Endogenous lateral outgrowth

C) Superficial dorsal outgrowth

D) Vascular lateral growth

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

The leaf is a green, flat, thin expanded lateral appendage of stem which is borne at a node and bears a bud in its axil.

It is exogenous in origin and develops from the leaf primordium of shoot apex.