Question

Cyathium is a type of?

• A. Flower
• B. Fruit
• C. Inflorescence
• D. Phyllotaxy

Answer 1

The correct option is C Inflorescence

A. A flower is a reproductive unit in the angiosperms. It is modified shoot, meant for sexual reproduction.

B. Fruit is the presence for the flowering plants or angiosperms.

C. An inflorescence is the arrangement of flowers on the floral axis of the plant. It is of two types - racemose and cymose. Cyathium looks like a single flower. A cup-shaped involucre formed by bracts encloses a single female flower and a number of male flowers. Each male flower is represented by single stamen while a single pistil represents a female flower. It is a type of cymose inflorescence. The example is euphorbia.

D. Phyllotaxy is the pattern in which the leaves are arranged on the stem or its branches.

So, the correct answer is 'Inflorescence'.