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What are bracteate and ebracteate flowers?

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Answered by vmin
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Bract (hypsophyll) is a small leaf like structure on the peduncle which produces a flower in its axil. The floral buds are usually protected by the bracts. Flower with a bract is described as bracteate and the flower without a bract is known as ebracteate.
Answered by Surnia
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The description of bracteate and ebracteate flowers is as follows:

Explanation:

  • A bract can be define as the modified or specialized kind of leaf. This is associated with the reproductive structure of the plant that is flower, cone scale and inflorescence.
  • The bract can be small, large and may appear in different color, texture and shape.
  • The flowers with the bracts are called as the bracteate flowers, this involves the presence of reduced leaf at the base of the pedicel and the ebracteate are those flowers that are without the bracts.
  • The tulip and china rose are the examples of the bracteate flowers whereas the mustard is the example of ebracteate flower.

Learn more about bracts:

Bracts is present in​: https://brainly.in/question/11058324

Function of bracts in biology: https://brainly.in/question/4939838

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