In a pea flower, five petals are arranged in a specialized manner with one posterior, two lateral and two…

In a pea flower, five petals are arranged in a specialized manner with one posterior, two lateral and two anterior. These are named as ___________, ___________ and ___________ respectively.
  1. Keel, Standard and Carina
  2. Standard, Wings and Keel
  3. Keel, Wings and Standard
  4. Vexillum, Keel and Standard

Solution

In pea flowers, vexillary aestivation is found. In this aestivation, the largest petal, i.e., standard overlaps the two smaller lateral petals that are wings which in turn overlap. The two smallest anterior petals are keel.

Asked in: NEET 2023 (Manipur)

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