The gynoecium represents the female reproductive part of the flower. When gynoecium is having more than one pistils and the pistils are fused together, the condition is called:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Syncarpous
Option (1) Syncarpous — Correct. “Syn” means together. When the gynoecium has more than one pistil, the pistils may be fused together, and this condition is syncarpous, as in Papaver.
Option (2) Fused multicarpellary — Incorrect. There is no such term. Multicarpellary only says that there is more than one pistil; the fused condition has its own name, syncarpous.
Option (3) Apocarpous — Incorrect. “Apo” means separate. In an apocarpous gynoecium the pistils are free, as in Michelia. That is the opposite of fused.
Option (4) Apo-multicarpellary — Incorrect. There is no such term.
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