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Position of floral parts
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Concepts tested here
- Hypogynous flowers
- Perigyny
All Questions
2015 AIPMT-I 1 question
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Perigynous flowers are found inRose is perigynous: the gynoecium is in the centre and the other whorls arise from the rim of the thalamus at about the same level, so the ovary is half-inferior.
Guava and cucumber have epigynous flowers; China rose is hypogynous.
2013 NEET 1 question
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Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?Hypogynous (superior ovary): mustard, brinjal, china rose, lupin, sunnhemp, gram, bean, chilli, petunia, tomato, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip — fifteen plants.
Bitter gourd, pumpkin, cucumber and guava are epigynous; plum and rose are perigynous.