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BOTANY Higher Secondary Second Year - Textbooks Online

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Self evaluation<br />

I . Choose and write the correct options.<br />

1. Vernonia arborea is a<br />

a. herb b. shrub<br />

c. tree d. twiner<br />

2. The head is reduced to single flower in<br />

a. Echinops b. Launaea<br />

c. Chrysanthemum d. Dahlia.<br />

3. Homogamous head inflorescence is found in<br />

a. Echinops b. Launaea<br />

c. Helianthus d. Tridax.<br />

II. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences.<br />

4. What is syngenesious stamen?<br />

5. Write the floral formulae for ray and disc florets of Asteraceae.<br />

6. What is pappus?<br />

7. What is santonin?<br />

8. What is pyrethrum?<br />

9. Describe the gynoecium of Tridax procumbens.<br />

10. Write the systematic position of Asteraceae.<br />

III. Answer the following questions in about 100 words.<br />

11. Write the differences between ray and disc florest.<br />

12. Give a brief account on the economic importance of Asteraceae.<br />

13. Describe ray florets of Tridax procumbens.<br />

14. Give an account on head inflorescence.<br />

IV. Answer the following questions in about 200 words.<br />

15. Describe Tridax procumbens in botanical terms.<br />

16. Write the general characteristic features of Asteraceae.<br />

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