Morphology Of Flowering Plants Ques 74
74. In a cymose inflorescence the main axis
[NEET Kar. 2013]
(a) Terminates in a flower
(b) Has unlimited growth
(c) Bears a solitary flower
(d) Has unlimited growth but lateral branches end in flowers
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Answer : a
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(a) In cymose inflorescence, the growth of the main axis is definite because the growing point of peduncle is used up in the formation of a flower. Further growth of flowering axis is continued by one or more lateral branches which also end in flower.
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