AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    Ligulate leaves are found in

    A)                  Myrtaceae                        

    B)                  Asteraceae

    C)                  Poaceae                             

    D)                  Cyperaceae

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     An outgrowth called ligule is present between the lamina and its leafbase or petiole. It is quite common in grasses of family-Poaceae. The leaves in family-Asteraceae are alternate or opposite {Dahlia), rarely whorled, exstipulate and often forming a basal rosette (Bellis and Taraxacum).


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