Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 45
45. Angiosperm to which the largest flowers belong is?
(a) total stem parasite
(b) partial stem parasite
(c) total root parasite
(d) partial root parasite
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Answer : c
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(c) Rafflessia is an angiosperm, which produces the largest flowers. It is also a total root parasite. Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. It contains approximately 28 species, all found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
