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These pictures show the gynaeceum of (A) Papaver and (B) Michellia flowers. Write the difference in the structure of their ovaries.


a. The gynoecium of Papaver shows a multicarpellary ovary with fused pistil (syncarpous).

b. The gynoecium of Michelia shows a multicarpellary ovary with an open pistil (apocarpous).


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