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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

Question
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The characteristic that does not belong to perigynous flowers is

  • Thalamus is disc shaped, cup or flask shaped

  • Ovary is superior, other parts are inferior

  • Thalamus is hollowed out and is fused with ovary wall

  • Androperianth is borne around or above the level of ovary.

Solution

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Thalamus is hollowed out and is fused with ovary wall

In perigynous flowers, thalamus is free from ovary wall. Periphery of the thalamus is expanded to form hypanthium (i.e. it is not hollowed out).