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Corolla is papilionaceous in

Option: 1

Fabaceae


Option: 2

Asteraceae


Option: 3

Poaceae


Option: 4

Solanaceae


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Description of Some Important Families: Fabaceae

 

This family was earlier called Papilionoideae, a subfamily of family Leguminosae. It is distributed all over the world

 

  • Vegetative Characters : Trees, shrubs, herbs; root with root nodules 
  • Stem: erect or climber 
  • Leaves: alternate, pinnately compound or simple; leaf base, pulvinate; stipulate; venation reticulate
  • Floral characters
  • Inflorescence: racemose
  • Flower: bisexual, zygomorphic
  • Calyx: sepals five, gamosepalous; valvate/imbricate aestivation
  • Corolla: petals five, polypetalous, papilionaceous, consisting of a posterior standard, two lateral wings, two anterior ones forming a keel (enclosing stamens and pistil), vexillary aestivation
  • Androecium: ten, diadelphous, anther dithecous
  • Gynoecium: ovary superior, mono carpellary, unilocular with many ovules, style single
  • Fruit: legume; seed: one to many, non-endospermic-

 

 

Fabaceae has papilionaceous corolla.

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