Question

Two mark Questions:
Gynoecium of a flower may be apocarpous or syncarpous. Explain with the help of an example each.

Answer 1

Apocarpous gynoecium: carpels are separate from one another, the ovary is always unilocular, an ovary contains single placenta, fruit is aggregate if the number of carpels is more than one else simple if carpel is one. Examples are strawberry and buttercup

Syncarpous gynoecium: carpels are fused, the ovary is always unilocular or multilocular, number of placentae generally more than one and fruit is simple. Examples include tulip and most flowers