Question

When the style is swollen at the base, it is called
(a) Synangium
(b) Stylopodium
(c) Gynostegium
(d) Basillar

Answer 1

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(b) Stylopodium

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Answer 2

Answer:

(b) Stylopodium

Explanation:

• The gynoecium is the female reproductive whorl of the flower. It constitutes the inner essential whorl of the flower comprising carpel.

This carpel is distinguishable into

1. A basal ovule bearing region called an ovary,

2. Terminal pollen receiving portion called the stigma,

3. A tubular stalk connecting the stigma and ovary is called the style.

• Stylopodium represents a conical or glandular disk-shaped swelling at the bottom of the style. Such conical expansion at the base is commonly found in members of the plant family Umbelliferae or Apiaceae.

Hence option (b) is correct.

• Synangium represents a fused condition of sporangia in fern-like vascular plants e.g Psilotum where there is no existence of style in it.

Hence option (a) is incorrect.

• Gynostegium represents a complex characteristic structure formed as a result of the fusion of stamens with the stigma.

Hence option (c) is incorrect.

• Basilar represents the membrane that supports the organ of Corti.

Hence option (d) is incorrect.

Since stylopodium shows the conical swollen portion at the base of style, option (b)  is correct.