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Flower and Inflorescence

The document describes various morphological features of flowering plants including parts of the flower like stamen, pistil, petal, sepal, androecium and gynoecium. It also discusses different arrangements of these parts like gamopetalous, polypetalous, gamosepalous and polysepalous. Additionally, it covers types of inflorescence like racemose, cymose, spike, catkin, raceme, spadix, scorpioid and helicoid as well as corymb, umbel, capitulum and cyme. Finally, it briefly mentions aestivation and its different forms.

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Flower and Inflorescence

The document describes various morphological features of flowering plants including parts of the flower like stamen, pistil, petal, sepal, androecium and gynoecium. It also discusses different arrangements of these parts like gamopetalous, polypetalous, gamosepalous and polysepalous. Additionally, it covers types of inflorescence like racemose, cymose, spike, catkin, raceme, spadix, scorpioid and helicoid as well as corymb, umbel, capitulum and cyme. Finally, it briefly mentions aestivation and its different forms.

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Morphology of Flowering

Life Processes Plants


- Excretion
Flower and Inflorescence
Anther
Polypetalous Gamopetalous Stamen Androecium
Filament
Gamosepalous
Petal
Corolla
Petal

Perianth
Stigma
Sepal Style Pistil Gynoecium
Calyx Sepal Ovary
Receptacle
Pedicel
Polysepalous

Androecium
Polyandrous Monadelphous Diadelphous Polyadelphous
(Free stamens) (United in one group) (United in two groups) (United in several groups)
Ex. Petunia Ex. China rose Ex. Pea Ex. Bombax
Gynoecium
Monocarpellary Multicarpellary Apocarpous Syncarpous
Single carpel Multiple carpels Free carpels Fused carpels
Ex. Pea Ex.: Strawberry Ex. Lotus Ex. Mustard
Different Shapes of Corolla

(Rotate, wheel-shaped) (Campanulate, Funnelform Tubular


bell-shaped)
Inflorescence
Arrangement of flowers on the floral axis
Racemose Cymose
The main axis does not terminate The main axis has limited growth
in a flower and gives off flowers and the flowers are arranged in a
laterally in an acropetal manner. basipetal manner.

Uniparous
cyme

Spike Catkin Raceme Spadix Scorpioid Helicoid


Ex. Achyranthes Ex. Mulberry Ex. Radish Ex. Maize Ex. Drosera Ex. Heliotropium indicum

Corymb Umbel Capitulum Biparous cyme Multiparous cyme


Ex. Candytuft Ex. Centella Ex. Sunflower Ex. Dianthus Ex. Calotropis
Special Types of Inflorescence
Cyathium Verticillaster Hypanthodium

Ex. Euphorbia Ex. Ocimum Ex. Banyan


Aestivation
Mode of arrangement of sepals or petals in the floral bud with respect to the other members
of the same whorl.

Valvate Twisted Imbricate Vexillary

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