Identify the correct set of statements:

(a) The leaflets are modified into pointed hard thorns in Citrus and Bougainvillea.
(b) Axillary buds form slender and spirally coiled tendrils in cucumber and pumpkin.
(c) Stem is flattened and fleshy in  Opuntia and modified to perform the function of leaves.
(d) Rhizophora shows vertically upward growing roots that help to get oxygen for respiration.
(e) Subaerially growing stems in grasses and strawberry help in vegetative propagation.


Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (a), (b), (d), and (e) only
2. (b), (c) only
3. (a), (d) only
4. (b), (c), (d) and (e) only

Subtopic:   Modifications of Stem |
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Which of the following is not a stem modification?
1. Thorns of citrus
2. Tendrils of cucumber
3. Flattened structure of Opuntia
4. Pitcher of Nepenthes
Subtopic:  Morphology of Stems |  Modifications of Stem |
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