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What is an actinomorphic flower?


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Actinomorphic flower:

  1. A flower that can be divided into two equal/identical halves from any plane passing through the central axis of the flower.
  2. The type of symmetry found in such flowers is called radial symmetry.
  3. Plants of the family Liliaceae show actinomorphic symmetry.
  4. Zygomorphic flowers are those which can be cut into two equal halves only from a single plane passing through the main axis of the flower e.g., jasmine, orchids.
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