Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Question:

In grass families, the cotyledon is called as:

Options:

Coleoptile

Coleorhiza

Thalamus

Scutellum

Correct Answer:

Scutellum

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Scutellum 

Embryos of monocotyledons  possess only one cotyledon. In the grass family the cotyledon is called scutellum that is situated towards one side (lateral) of the embryonal axis. At its lower end, the embryonal axis has the radical and root cap enclosed in an undifferentiated sheath called coleorrhiza. The portion of the embryonal axis above the level of attachment of scutellum is the epicotyl. Epicotyl has a shoot apex and a few leaf primordia enclosed in a hollow foliar structure, the coleoptile.