Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 95

95. Pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers, bicarpellate ovary with oblique septa and fruit a capsule of berry, are characteristic features of

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(a) Brassicaceae

(b) Solanaceae

(c) Liliaceae

(d) Asteraceae

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Answer : b

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(b) Pentamerous, actinomorphic flowers, bicarpillary ovary with oblique septa, fruit either capsule or berry are the characteristic features of family solanaceae. In brassicaceae - dimerous or tetramerous, actinomorphic but sometimes zygomorphic flower, bicarpellary ovary with a false septum (called replum), fruit is siliqua or silicula is present. In Lilicaeae - Trimerous, actinomorphic flower, tricarpillary, syncarpous ovary, fruit is berry or capsula is present. In Asteraceae - Pentamerous, actinomorphic or zygomorphic flower, bicarpillary, syncarpous, unilocular ovary, fruit is cypsella is present.