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Ovules are attached to ovary via

Option: 1

Locules


Option: 2

Placenta


Option: 3

Stigma


Option: 4

Style


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Parts of a Flower - Gynoecium -

Parts of a Flower - Gynoecium

  • Gynoecium is the female reproductive whorl of the flower.
  • It is made up of one or more carpels/pistils/megasporophyll.
  • A carpel consists of stigma, style and ovary.
  • Ovary is the enlarged basal part on which the elongated tube called style is present.
  • The style connects the ovary to the stigma.
  • The stigma present at the tip is receptive surface for the pollen grains.
  • Ovary contains one or more ovules attached to a flattened cushion-like placenta. 
  • When more than one one carpels are present and they are free, the condition is called apocarpous, e.g., lotus and rose.
  • When more than one carpels are present and they are fused, the condition is called syncarpous, e.g., mustard and tomato.  

 

Ovary contains one or more ovules attached to a flattened cushion-like placenta.

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