Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 508

Question: Tricarpellary axile placentation is characteristic of [DPMT 1978, 87]

Options:

A) Solanaceae

B) Malvaceae

C) Liliaceae

D) Cruciferae

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

In members of Liliaceae : Tricarpellary : Gynoecium consisting of three carpels.

Axile placentation : Ovary is syncarpous, bi to multicarpellary, bi to multilocular.

The placentae bearing ovules borne on central axile column where margins of all carpels fuse.