Anatomy and Morphology of Plants
Identify the family which shows the following diagnostic features. Flowers pentamerous, gynoecium-bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary placed obliquely, placentation axile, placenta swollen.
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Persistent calyx is the character of plants belonging to Family
ASolanaceae
Correct Answer
BMalvaceae
CCruciferae (Brassicaceae)
DCompositae
Solution
Persistent calyx, is calyx or part of the flower remaining attached to the fruit, Generally calyx and corolla wither off after fertilization, that is when the ovary is converted to fruit and ovules into seed. However, in members of solanaceae - brinjal, tomato, chilles we observe the calyx attached to the fruit .therefore known as persistant calyx
So, the correct answer is 'Solanaceae'
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