Question

Buds which grow into flowers are called as
A. Apical buds
B. Floral buds
C. Axillary Buds
D. Vegetative buds

Answer 1

Bud, A small lateral or terminal protuberance that may grow into a flower, leaf, or shoot on the stem of a vascular plant. Meristem tissue develops buds. In temperate climates, in preparation for winter, trees form resting buds which are resistant to frost. Flower buds are leaves that have been modified.

Complete Answer:
In the identification of plants, buds are often useful , especially for woody plants in winter when leaves have fallen. It is possible to identify and define buds according to various criteria: location, position, morphology and function.
Location :
1. Terminal, located at the end of the stem (apical is similar to but reserved for the one at the top of the stem);
2. Axillary, when found in a leaf's axil (lateral is the equivalent, but some adventitious buds may also be lateral);
3. Adventitious, for example on the trunk or on the roots when occurring elsewhere (some adventitious buds may be reduced and covered under the bark by former axillary buds, other adventitious buds are entirely freshly formed).

Status:
- Accessory, for secondary buds produced in addition to a main bud (axillary or terminal);
- Resting, for buds that develop at the end of a growing season that will remain dormant before the next growing season begins;
- For buds whose development has been delayed for a very long time, dormant or latent. The word is used as a synonym of rest, but is best used for buds waiting for years to be undeveloped, such as epicormic buds;
- Pseudoterminal, for an axillary bud that takes over the terminal bud role (characteristic of species whose growth is sympodial: the terminal bud dies and is replaced by the closer axillary bud, such as beech, persimmon, sympodial growth of Platanus).

Function:
- Vegetative, if only containing parts of vegetative: leafy embryonic shoot (leaf bud is the same);
- Reproductive, if embryonic flower(s) are present (the flower buds are the same);
- Mixed, if it includes both flowers and embryonic leaves.

The correct answer is option (B) Floral bud.

Note: Vegetative propagation by grafting requires a small piece of the stem with a dormant bud known as the eye in fruit raising. Buds are also called eyes on potato tubers.