Question

From the following plants, which of them have flowers?

Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, peepal, shisham, banyan, mango, Jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut

Answer 1

Hint: The plants that produce flowers are called angiospermic plants. These are more developed than gymnosperm plants. A flowering plant has all the essential parts including leaves, stem, flower, fruit, and seed. The size, colour, and number of flowers are different in different plants.


Complete step-by-step answe:


The flowers of some plants like shisham, tulsi, and sugarcane are very small. The flower of tulsi is present in the form of inflorescence (bundle of flowers).

To identify flowering plants it's very important to understand their characteristics. The features of flowering plants are given below:

1. The flowers are the means of transferring genetic information. They are basically the reproductive parts of the plant.

2. The microsporophyll, commonly known as stamens, and the carpels or megasporophyll are arranged to form a structure called the flower.

3. The ovules(egg) are present in the ovary which is located at the base of the megasporophyll.

4. The flowering plants are also known as angiosperms. They have more advanced structures than gymnosperms like they have a vascular system with true vessels in the xylem. They also have companion cells in the phloem.

5. The pollen grains in angiosperm plants transfer from the anther to the stigma. The reproduction takes place by the process called pollination. Pollen grains are providing a means to exchange genetic information from one flower to the other.

Among grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, peepal, shisham, banyan, mango, Jamun have flowers. Whereas guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, and groundnut also develop flowers.

Note: The flowers of the plants will be converted into fruits resulting in the formation of seeds. In short, the flowers are a reproductive part of the plant. In such plants, both reproductive organs (male and female) are present in the flower.