i) Which flowers have all four whorls? ii) Mention the flowers in which one or two whorls are missing.

Question

Collect different varieties of flowers from your school garden. Take each flower and count the parts in it. Record the details in the given table.

i) Which flowers have all four whorls? 

ii) Mention the flowers in which one or two whorls are missing. 

iii) Write the whorl \ whorls which are missing.

Answer 1

i) Lady’s fingers, Hibiscus and Datura flowers have all the four whorls. 

ii) In Pumpkin, Bauhinia, Ipomea flowers one or two whorls are missing. 

iii) Either androecium or gynoecium are missing. 

Give examples for complete flowers …………………, ………………………, …………………. 

Hibiscus, Datura etc.

Give examples for incomplete flowers …………………., ………………… 

Pumpkin, Ridge gourd, etc.