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Differentiate between spike and spadix

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Differentiate between spike and spadix

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Spikes and spadixes are both types of inflorescence. Sessile blooms form a spike on an extended peduncle. The peduncle is also not meaty. In spadix, one to a few massive bracts termed spathes encircle the whole flower. In spadix, the peduncle is meaty.

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Chapter 5: Morphology of Flowering Plants - Exercises [Page 25]

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NCERT Exemplar Biology [English] Class 11
Chapter 5 Morphology of Flowering Plants
Exercises | Q 14. d. | Page 25
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