Which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct?
A Flower of tulip is a modified shoot
B In tomato, fruit is a capsule
C Seeds of orchids have oil-rich endosperms
D Placentation in primrose is basal

Detailed Solution

Every flower is a modified shoot: the shoot apical meristem changes into a floral meristem, the internodes do not elongate, and the floral appendages arise at successive nodes in place of leaves. So the flower of tulip is a modified shoot.
In tomato the fruit is a berry, not a capsule.
Orchid seeds are minute and lack endosperm; castor is the usual example of a seed with an oil-rich endosperm.
Primrose has free central placentation; basal placentation is seen in sunflower and marigold.
Hence the correct statement is that the flower of tulip is a modified shoot.

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