Question

Five groups of extremely reduced male flowers, each group consisting of a single anther on a stem is found in which inflorescence ?

• A. Cyathium
• B. Dishasial cyme
• C. Panicle
• D. Verticillaster

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Cyathium

Each cyathium is an inflorescence containing unisexual, apetalous male and female flowers. The inconspicuous male flowers occur in 5 clusters and are reduced to a single red stamen, while the single female flower consists of a single ovary (pistil) on a stalk (pedicel).