Question
Biology Question on morphology of flowering plants
Saccharum officinarum, a monocot plant has
A
dumb-bell shaped guard cells
B
pinnately compound leaves
C
pentamerous flowers
D
reticulate venation.
Answer
dumb-bell shaped guard cells
Explanation
Solution
Saccharum officinarum is the botanical name of sugarcane plant. Sugarcane has simple leaves with parallel venation, and has trimerous flowers. It is a member of monocot family Poaceae and has dumb-bell shaped guard cells in stomatal apparatus like most monocots.