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Which one of the following organisms is correctly matched with its three characteristics?

  • Option 1)

    Tomato : wisted aestivation, Axile placentation, Berry

  • Option 2)

    Onion : Bulb, Imbricate aestivation, Axile placentation

  • Option 3)

    Maize : C3 pathway, Closed vascular bundles, Scutellum

  • Option 4)

    Pea : Cpathway, Endospermic seed, Vexillary aestivation

 

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Types of Aestivation -

(1) Valvate - when sepals or petals lie very close to each other without over lapping eg: mustard , calotropis

(2)  Twisted Aestivation - when one margin of petal or sepal overlaps the margin of next eg: China rose

(3) Imbricate - When both margins of one of the petals are covered by others & both margins of another one are external eg: Caesalpiniaceae

(4) Quincuncial - when two are inner & two are outer, and one is partly outer & partly inner eg: Ranunculus

(5) vexillary - posterior petal is largest & covers two lateral petal the latter in turn nearby overlap the anterior petal eg: pea

 

 

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 Tomato is a berry fruit having corolla with twisted aestivation.


Option 1)

Tomato : wisted aestivation, Axile placentation, Berry

Correct Option

Option 2)

Onion : Bulb, Imbricate aestivation, Axile placentation

Incorrect Option

Option 3)

Maize : C3 pathway, Closed vascular bundles, Scutellum

Incorrect Option

Option 4)

Pea : Cpathway, Endospermic seed, Vexillary aestivation

Incorrect Option

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