Morphology of Flowering Plants 2026 | Actual Questions & Answers | Complete Solutions | Grade A+

Morphology of flowering plants actual questions and answers
with complete solutions| grade A+.




Petiole - --ANSWER---Helps hold the blade to light

,Lamina/Leaf Blade - --ANSWER--- Green expanded part of the leaf with
veins and veinlets

Venation - --ANSWER---Arrangement of veins and veinlets in the leaf blade


Reticulate Venation - --ANSWER--- When the veins form a network


Parallel Venation - --ANSWER---When the veins are parallel to each other

Simple leaf - --ANSWER---When the leaf is incised/entire, the incision
doesn't reach the midrib


Compound leaf - --ANSWER---When the incisions of a lamina reach the
midrib breaking it in into a number of leaflets

,Pinnately compound leaf - --ANSWER--- The leaflets are present on a
common axis,called rachis, representing the midrib
ex. neem



Palmately compound leaf - --ANSWER--
-Leaflets are attached to a common point (i.e tip of petiole)
ex. silk cotton

Phyllotaxy - --ANSWER---Pattern of arrangement of leaves on the stem or
branch


Alternate Phyllotaxy - --ANSWER---A single leaf arises at each node in an
alternate manner. example:China rose, Mustard, Sun Flower

, Opposite Phyllotaxy - --ANSWER---A pair of leaf arise at each node and lie
opposite to each other. Example:Guava

Whorled - --ANSWER---More than 2 leaves arises at a node and form a
whorl. Example: Alstonia


Inflorescence - --ANSWER---The arrangement of flowers on the floral axis

Racemose Inflorescence - --ANSWER--- The main axis continues to grow,
the flowers are borne laterally


Cymose Inflorescence - --ANSWER--- The main axis terminates in a flower

Thalamus/Receptacle - --ANSWER--- Swollen end of the stalk on
which the flower is arranged