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Examples

ROOT
Fusiform Radish
Conical Carrot
Napiform Turnip
Tap root Dicotyledon(Mustard)
Fibrous root Monocotyledon(Wheat)
Adventitious/ Fasciculated root Grass, Monstera, Banyan tree, Sweet potato(gets swollen and stores food)
Prop roots Banyan tree
Stilt roots(base nodes) Stem of Maize and Sugarcane
Pneumatophores Rhizophora, Mangrove

STEM
Tuber Potato
Rhizome Ginger, Tumeric
Corm Zaminkand(Amorphophallus), Colocasia
Bulb Onion, Garlic
Tendrils Gourds(Cucumber, Pumpkins, Watermelon) and Grapevines
Cladode Asparagus, Ruscus
Thorns Citrus, Bougainvillea
Phyllode Opuntia(flattened), Euphorbia(cylindrical-fleshy)
Stolon Grass & Strawberry (underground stems)
Runner Mint & Jasmine (Slender lateral branch)
Offset Pistia & Eicchornia (Aquatic with rosette leaves and tuff of roots)
Sucker Banana, Pineapple & Chrysanthemum

LEAF
Sheath Monocot(Banana, Grasses)
Pulvinus(swollen leaf base) Leguminous(Mimosa)
Parallel venation Monocot
Reticulatevenation Dicot
Simple leaf Mango, Banyan
Palmately compound leaves Silk cotton
Pinnately compound leaves Neem
Alternate or spiral Mustard, China rose & Sunflower
Opposite Calotropis & Guava
Whorled Alstonia
Storage leaves Onion & Garlic
Phyllode(modification of petiole) Australian acacia
Modified leaves Insectivorous(Pitcher plant, Venus fly trap)

INFLORESCENCE
Racemose(infinite) Radish, Wheat, Sunflower - Acropetal (Oldest flower at base)
Cymose Solanum - Basipetal(Youngest flower at base)

FLOWER
Perianth(Unit: Tepal) Lily
Actinomorphic flower Mustard, Datura, Chilli
Zygomorphic flower Pea, Gulmohur, Bean, Cassia
Asymmetric flower Canna
Hypogyny-Superior ovary Mustard, Chinarose, Brinjal
Perigyny-Half inferior ovary Rose, Plum, Peach
Epigyny- inferior ovary Guava, Cucumber, Ray florets of sunflower, Bitterground
Valvate Calotropis, Mustard
Twisted(Ascending Imbricate) China rose, Lady's finger, Cotton
Imbricate Cassia and Gulmohar
Vexillary(Descending lmbricate) Pea and Beans(Fabaceae)
Epipetalous Brinjal
Epiphyllous Lily
Monoadelphous Chinarose
Diadelphous Pea
Polyadelphous Citrus
Variation in length of filaments Salvia and mustard
Apocarpus Lotus and rose
Syncarpous Mustard and Tomato
Marginal Placentation Pea
Axial Placentation
Parietal Placentation
Free central Placentation
Anything

Store food

Originate from radicle


Originate from base of stem
Originate from any other part

Modification

Underground stem: Modified to store food

Special modifications

Sub aerial stem

Phyllotaxy

Symmetry
Position of floral parts on thalamus

Aestivation

Androecium

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