When the pistils are fused together, this state is called:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Syncarpous
The gynoecium is the female part of a flower, and each unit of it is a pistil. A gynoecium with a single pistil is monocarpellary. One with more than one pistil is multicarpellary. In a multicarpellary gynoecium the pistils may be fused together or may be free.
(1) Apocarpous — Incorrect. The pistils are free from one another, not fused.
(2) Syncarpous — Correct. The pistils are fused together.
(3) Monocarpellary — Incorrect. There is only one pistil, so nothing is there to fuse.
(4) Multicarpellary — Incorrect. There is more than one pistil, but they may be fused or free. The word does not tell that they are fused.
NCERT Extract:
The Pistil, Megasporangium (ovule) and Embryo Sac –
