Three types of flowers occur in the inflorescence of

Raceme

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Hypanthodium

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Cyathium

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Umbel

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is B Hypanthodium
Hypanthodium is a special type of inflorescence. Here, the receptacle is fleshy and forms hollow ball like structure with an apical opening. Three types of flowers develop on the inner surface of the receptacle. The female flowers are towards the base, male flowers are towards the orifice and short styled sterile female flowers are in between, e.g., Ficus sp.The inflorescence is pollinated by a gall wasp.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Which type of inflorescence occurs in Ficus?

Inflorescence is the arrangement of flowers on the plant. But the inflorescence does not just deal with the pattern with which the flower is arranged. The type of inflorescence also dictates where the new flowers bloom.

Q. In ________ type of inflorescence, main axis terminates in a flower, hence is limited in growth and flowers are born in _________ succession.

Q. Match the columns

	List I		List II
A	Spike	1	Modified scorpiod cyme
B	Catkin	2	Sessile racemose
C	Hypanthodium	3	Branched racemose
D	Panicle	4	Inflorescence with three types of flowers
E	Rhipidium	5	Cylindrical flower structure

Q. The type of inflorescence characterized by having dimorphic flower is

Join BYJU'S Learning Program