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Q. Inflorescence of family- Compositae is

AMUAMU 2009

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The characteristic inflorescence found in family-Asteraceae or Compositae is capitulum. In this, peduncle becomes flattened and called receptacle. It bears sessile, bisexual florets called disc florets at the centre and one or two whorls of sessile unisexual (pistillate) florets called ray florets towards the periphery.