Differentiate between
a. Bract and Bracteole
b. Pulvinus and petiole
c. Pedicel and peduncle
d. Spike and spadix
e. Stamen and staminoid
f. Pollen and pollenium
a. Bract: When a flower is modified condensed shoot specialized to carry out sexual reproduction in higher plants. Like a branch, it arise in the axil of a small leaf- like structure called bract.
Bracteole: It is a leaf like structure which is present between bract and flower or we can say in the middle of pedicel.
b. Pulvinus: It is a swollen leaf base that are present in leguminous plants which provides movement of the leaf.
Petiole: It connects the leaf base to the lamina. It is a cylindrical or sub cylindrical structure of a leaf stalk. It raises the lamina above the stem level to provide the sufficient light exposure.
c. Pedicle: The receptacle consists of several crowded nodes which are separated by condensed internodes. And, these internodes of the branch which lies below the receptacle is called pedicel.
Peduncle: It is the stalk of complete inflorescence.
d. Spike: When flowers are attached on elongated peduncle but the flowers have no stalks (i.e. sessile). Example: Achyranthes.
Spadix: Spadix is a special type of spike having sterile Peduncle and a large showy bract called spathe. Example: Palm.
e. Stamen: Stamen represents the male reproductive organ of flower.
Staminiod: A sterile or abortive stamen is known as staminoid.
f. Pollen: Male gametophyte of angiosperm is called pollen or microspore.
Pollenium: Pollenium is a group of pollen grains from the same flower which are held together by the sticky substance.
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