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Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunflower, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?

1. Ten
2. Fifteen
3. Eighteen
4. Six

Correct answer: Fifteen

Solution

Hypogynous flowers have a superior ovary, and many common members of Solanaceae, Malvaceae, and several others in the list fit this pattern. Counting the plants in the given set with superior ovaries gives fifteen.

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