Question

Syngenesious condition is found in the family
(a) Liliaceae
(b) Malvaceae
(c) Compositae
(d) Cruciferae

Answer 1

Hint: The condition is found in the plants belonging to one of the largest plant families and the plants of this family are primarily famous as garden ornamentals.

Complete Answer:
Syngenesious types of stamens are found in the plant family Compositae or Asteraceae in which the anthers are united but their stalks are free. The united anthers form a tube-like
structure.
Compositae is considered as one of the largest plant families to which many ornamental plants belong. In the flowers of the plants belonging to this family, there are five stamens that remain fused to corolla while the anthers are found in connate or syngenesious condition. In this way, a short tube is formed around the style. The pollens are released inside this tube and get collected around the growing style. When the style grows and elongates, it is pushed out of this tube.
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Additional information:
Features of Compositae: -Compositae is a large group of flowering plants.
-They are hydrophytes, xerophytes, and semi-aquatic.
-The stem can be erect, woody, hairy, and may sometimes have latex.
-The leaf is exstipulate, petiolate, radical.
-Androecium will be absent and gynaeceum may be present or absent.
-It produces endospermic seeds
So, the correct answer is ‘Compositae’.

Note: The angiosperms are of different types such as Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, and Poaceae. Compositae/ Asteraceae is predominantly an ornamental plant like Dahlias, Cosmos, Dandelion and many of them also have medicinal values.