Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 91
Question: The unit of inflorescence in grasses / gramineae (poaceae) is [BVP Pune 1998]
Options:
A) Thyrsis
B) Spike
C) Spikelet
D) Raceme
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
Spikelet is a compact spike having a few flowers borne an axis called rachilla and surrounded by two bracts called glumes.
e.g., Wheat, Oat, Grass.
Each flower or floret has at its base a bract called lemma and a bracteole complex called palea.
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