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Question
Name the different types of androecium found in flowers.
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Solution
Types of the androecium in flowers:
- Polyandrous: When the stamens of a flower are free, the condition is called polyandrous.
- Monadelphous: When the filaments of anthers in a flower are fused into one group, the condition is called monadelphous.
- Diadelphous: When the filaments of anthers in a flower are fused into two groups, the condition is called diadelphous.
- Polyadelphous: When the filaments of anthers in a flower are fused into more than two groups, the condition is called polyadelphous.
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