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NEET · Biology · STD 11 - 5. Morphology flowering plants

How many plants among China rose, Ocimum, sunflower, mustard, Alstonia, guava, Calotropis and Nerium (oleander) have opposite phyllotaxy?

  1. A Three
  2. B Four
  3. C Five
  4. D Two
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(A) Three

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(a) : In opposite phyllotaxy, two leaves are borne on the opposite sides of a single node. It is of two types; \((a)\) opposite and superposed, \((b)\) opposite and decussate. Ocimum, guava and Calotropis have opposite decussate phyllotaxy.