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Give Examples of The Tetramerous and Pentamerous Flowers

Answer:  The example of the tetramerous flower is Juncea, Brassica. 

An example of the pentamerous flower is Dicots, Hibiscus.

  • The tetramerous flower is a flower that has all basic floral appendages. All carrefour in number. It has four petals, four sepals, four stamens and two carpels. Some commonly found tetramerous flowers are Dicots and Hibiscus
  • The pentamerous flower is a flower that has petals in multiples of five. These flowers bear supernumerary bracts. They have monadelphous stamen and dry dehiscent fruit present in the Malvaceae. Some commonly found pentamerous flowers are:- sunflower, neem rose etc.