Question

The shoe flower belongs to

• A. Solanaceae
• B. Malvaceae
• C. Papilionaceae
• D. Liliaceae

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Malvaceae

The correct option is B:

The explanation for the correct option:

1. The monadelphous androecium is a distinctive feature of the Malvaceae family.
2. Malvaceae flowers are borne in axillary inflorescences.
3. These are reduced to a single flower.
4. They frequently have extraneous bracts.
5. They can be unisexual or bisexual and are usually actinomorphic.
6. These flowers are with conspicuous bracts form an epicalyx.
7. The stamens are five too many, connate at least at their bases, and frequently form a tube around the pistils.
8. Pistils are made up of two too many connate carpels.
9. Superior ovary with axial placentation and capitate or lobed stigma.
10. The shoe flower is one such example.

Final answer: The shoe flower belongs to the Malvaceae family