Question

Carpels are fused in the flowers of (1)Lotus o l2) Tomato (3)Rose (4)Both(1)&(3)

Answer 1

Answer:

option 4 is correct.......

as lotus and rose , both contains carpels.

Answer 2

The carpels fuse in the flowers of a tomato plant.

• The carpel is the female reproductive part consisting of stigma, style, and ovary. The carpel has ovules inside the ovary.
• The collection of carpels is known as the pistil.
• The pistil of the flower can either be apocarpous or syncarpous/
• In apocarpous condition, the carpels present are free.
• In syncarpous condition, more than one carpels are present, and all are fused.
• In lotus and rose, the gynoecium is apocarpous.
• The tomato belonging to the Solanaceae family has bi-carpellary syncarpous gynoecium.
• Hence, the correct answer is an option (2).