BOTANY Higher Secondary Second Year - Textbooks Online

II. Answer the following questions in one or two sentences.
5. Write the systematic position of Arecaceae.
6. Describe the gynoecium of Cocos nucifera.
7. Write the floral formula of male and female flower of Cocos
nucifera.
8. What is a ‘toddy’ ? State its uses.
III. Answer the following questions in about 100 words.
9. Write a brief account on the economic importance of Arecaceae.
10. Draw the floral diagrams of Cocos nucifera and write their floral
formulae.
IV. Answer the following questions in about 200 words.
11. Describe Cocos nucifera in botanical terms.
12. Write the general characteristic features of Arecaceae.
Reference books
1. Taxonomy of vascular plants - G.H.M. Lawrence, Indian edn.
1967.
2. Angiosperms by Dr. K.V. Krishnamurthy 1976.
3. Evolution and phylogeny of plants - J. Hutchinson 1969.
4. Taxonomy of angiosperms by P.C. Vasishta 1996.
5. Practical botany volume I and II by B.P. Pandey 2004.
6. Taxonomy of angiosperms by S. Palaniappan – Tamil version.
7. Flora of Tamil Nadu by Dr. K.K. Rammurthy – Tamil version.
8. Modern trends in plant taxonomy - Kasinathan – Tamil version.
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