Q. Cyathium inflorescence shows
A) Scorpioid cyme showing central female, many peripheral male flowers
B) Scorpioid cyme showing central male, many peripheral female flowers
C) Dichasial cyme showing two whorls of 3 to 9 flower
D) Dichasial cyme showing two whorls, one of male and another of female flowers
Explanation
In Cyathium inflorescence, five involucres become fused and form a cup-shaped structure, which surrounds a large, achlamydeous (sepals and petals are absent), pedicellate, tricarpellary and syncarpous female flowers. Numerous, achlamydeous pedicellate, centrifugally arranged and Scorpioid male flowers surround this flower. It is the characteristic. Inflorescence of genus-Euphorbia or family-Euphorbiaceae.
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.