Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 28

28. Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower? [NEET 2013]

(a) Ten

(b) Fifteen

(c) Eighteen

(d) Six

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Answer : b

Hints & Solutions

(b) Mustard (cruciferae), brinjal (solanaceae) china rose (malvaceae), lupin (leguminosae), gram (leguminosae), bean (leguminosae), chilli, Petunia, potato, tomato, Withania (solanaceae), onion, Aloe, tulip (liliaceae) have hypogynous flower while bittergourd, cucumber (cucurbitaceae), guava (myrtaceae) have epigynous flower and rose has perigynous flower.