explain with diagram .valvate aestivation
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valvate Applied to the arrangement (aestivation) of sepals or petals in a flower bud such that these parts meet at their edges and do not overlap.
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What do you mean by Aestivation? Explain types of aestivation.
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Aestivation means arrangement of accessory floral organs(sepals or petals) in relation to one another in a flower.
Some types of Aestivation:
Open: Margins of adjacent petals are not overlapping / touching others.
Valvate: Margins of the adjacent petals touch each other but without overlapping ex: Brassica
Twisted: One margin of a petal overlaps regularly the margin of an adjacent petal.
ex: Chinarose
Imbricate: Irregular overlapping of petals by one another.
ex: cassia
