NEET BIOLOGY

STRUCTURAL ORGANISTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

MORPHOLOGY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many plants among Indigofera, Sesbania, Salvia, Allium, Aloe, mustard, groundnut, radish, gram and turnip have stamens with different lengths in their flowers?
A
Three
B
Four
C
Five
D
Six
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The length of the stamen varies as a result. Out of ten plants, four have unequal stamen lengths because it has been discovered that the families Brassicaceae and Lamiaceae have different stamen lengths.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, the correct answer is ‘Four’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The flowers in Salvia are characterized by two lever-like stamens. The upper lever arm, which is often hidden below the upper lip, is always fertile, while the lower lever arm, re-stricting access to nectar, usually remains sterile.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the stamens are present six in number (four long and 2 Short) it is called tetradynamous in which two of them are shorter than other whereas when the stamens are four in number (two long and two short) it is called didynamous with pairs of unequal length.

Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct answer is ‘Salvia and Mustard’.

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