Question

Identify the family containing mustard and its main characteristics.

• A. Brassicaceae - Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, capsule fruit
• B. Solanaceae - Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry fruit
• C. Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flower, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, capsule fruit
  
• D. Poaceae - Trimerous flowers, three stamens, monocarpellary gynoecium, caryopsis fruit.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flower, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, capsule fruit

Brassicaceae, also known as a mustard family is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants. In Brassicaceae, the flowers are actinomorphic, bisexual and tetramerous (calyx, corolla and stamens are arranged in sets of 4). The stamens are 6 which are arranged in two whorls (2+4). The gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior. Fruit is siliqua which is a type of capsule having two fused carpels.

So, the correct answer is 'Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flower, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, capsule fruit'.