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Distinguish between a complete and an incomplete flower, and between a regular and an irregular flower.
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
A complete flower has all four whorls and an incomplete flower lacks one or more of them. A regular or actinomorphic flower can be divided into two equal halves along more than one plane, as the mustard flower can; an irregular or zygomorphic flower can be divided along only one plane, as the pea flower can.
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Explanation
A flower lacking the androecium or the gynoecium is also unisexual.
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