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Morphology of Flowering Plants
Phyllotaxy
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- Phyllotaxy 2
- Whorled phyllotaxy
All Questions
2026 Re-NEET 1 question
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Phyllotaxy is the pattern of arrangement of ________.Reference: NCERT Class XI, page 61.
2019 Odisha 1 question
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Which of the following shows whorled phyllotaxy?
2011 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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Whorled simple leaves with reticulate venation are present inIn whorled phyllotaxy more than two leaves arise at a node and form a whorl.
$Alstonia$ has whorled, simple leaves with reticulate venation (it is a dicot).
China rose has alternate phyllotaxy (a single leaf at each node), as in mustard and sunflower.
$Calotropis$ has opposite phyllotaxy (a pair of leaves at each node), as in guava.
Neem has pinnately compound leaves, not simple leaves.
Hence whorled simple leaves with reticulate venation are present in $Alstonia$.