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5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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How many plants among China rose, Ocimum, sunflower, mustard, Alstonia, guava, Calotropis and Nerium (oleander) have opposite phyllotaxy?
A
Three
B
Four
C
Five
D
Two
(NEET-2013)
Solution
(a) : In opposite phyllotaxy, two leaves are borne on the opposite sides of a single node. It is of two types; $(a)$ opposite and superposed, $(b)$ opposite and decussate. Ocimum, guava and Calotropis have opposite decussate phyllotaxy.
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