5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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The standard petal of a papilionaceous corolla is also called

A

vexillum

B

corona

C

carina

D

pappus.

(NEET-2016)

Solution

(a) : The posterior large bilobed petal of a papilionaceous corolla is called standard or vexillum. It overlaps the two smaller lateral petals known as wings or alae.

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