Question

Gynoecium having a number of free carpels is
a. Syncarpous
b. Apocarpous
c. Polycarpellary
d. Syngenesious

Answer 1

Hint: The term Gynoecium is most frequently utilized as a communal term for the portions of a flower that harvest ovules. Also, in the end, it develops into the fruit and seeds. Thus, one can conclude that Gynoecium is one of the important parts of the plant. One can say that Gynoecium is an important part of a flower.

Complete answer:
- We can say that the gynoecium is the feminine generative part of a floret, which consists of one or more carpels. This helps in the process of pollination.
- Moreover, it takes the responsibility of fertilization in further stages. The term monocarpous defines a gynoecium that has a single carpel. However, on the other hand, if the gynoecium has numerous and distinct carpels that are free, unfused, it is apocarpous gynoecium.
- Nevertheless, the apocarpous is the name given to the Gynoecium which is having several free carpels. A gynoecium which has fused carpels is called Syncarpous gynoecium.
- A gynoecium which has multiple carpels is called Polycarpellary gynoecium. A condition of stamens in which anthers are fused but filaments are free is called Syngenesious.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: In few fruits, each carpel of an apocarpous pistil of the flower is made to develop into a berry. In the duration of this process of development, the margins of the carpels may be bonded (for example, carpels in plants like Annona squamosa) or they may remain separate (for example, carpels in plants like Artabotrys odoratissimus). On the other hand, the mesocarp of berries is edible in plants such as Annona squamosa.