Question

Identify the correct statements from the following.
(I) A single male and a few female flowers are present in a flowers like inflorescence in poinsettia.
(II) Sessile or subsessile flowers formed in the axils of leaves are crowded at the nodes in Leonotis.
(III) In Ficus, a fruit like inflorescence is present with all fertile flowers.
(IV) The floral axis is sympoidal in Hamelia.

• A. (II), (IV)
• B. (I), (IV)
• C. (II), (III)
• D. (I), (III)

Answer 1

The correct option is A (II), (IV)

The Leonotis, flowers are borne in dense rounded (i.e., spherical) clusters (5-6 cm across) towards the tops of the stems (usually 2-4 clusters per stem). Each of these clusters is arranged directly on the main stem, just above a pair of leaves (i.e., sessile axillary clusters).

Hamelia has the floral axis or the cyme which shows the sympodial form.

So, the correct answer is option A.