Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 29

29. Among flowers of Calotropis, tulip, Sesbania, Asparagus, Colchicine, Sweet pea, Petunia, Indigofera, Mustard, Soyabean, Tobacco and groundnut how many plants have corolla with valvate aestivation?

(a) Five

(b) Six

(c) Seven

(d) Eight

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Answer : c

Hints & Solutions

(c) Calotropis, tulip, Asparagus, colchicine, Petunia, mustard, tobacco have valvate aestivation while sweet pea, groundnut, soyabean, Indigofera, Sesbania have vexillary aestivation.