EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    A student observed 34 inflorescences in Bougainvillea and 42 inflorescences in oinsettia. Find out the number of flowers in Bougainvillea and the number of female flowers in Poinsettia respectively. The correct pair is

    A)  34, 126                                

    B)  \[68,\infty \]

    C)  204, 164                              

    D)  102, 42

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     In Bougainvillea, inflorescence is dichasial cyme, where medianly situated peduncle itself finishes in a flower and bears two lateral floral branches at the base of its origin hence, in 34 inflorescences, the number of flowers is 102. In Poinsettia, inflorescence is cyathium, in which a single central female flower remains surrounded by numerous male flowers in a cup formed by the fusion of involucre, so, in 42 inflorescences, the number of female flowers is 42.


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