Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 71

71. The embryo in sunflower has [1998]

(a) one cotyledon

(b) two cotyledons

(c) many cotyledons

(d) no cotyledon

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Answer : b

Hints & Solutions

(b) Sunflower is a dicotyledonous plant. Hence its embryo has two cotyledons. Plants like maize are monocotyledonous and hence have a single cotyledon in the embryo.