alleryStart learning →A flower with only a gynoecium and no androecium is described as what?
AA staminate flower
BA carpellate flower
CA perfect flower
DA complete flower
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A carpellate flower
1. A flower missing any of the four whorls is incomplete, and there are two kinds of incomplete flower.
2. Staminate flowers contain only an androecium, so they are functionally male.
3. Carpellate flowers have only a gynoecium, so a flower with no androecium is carpellate.
4. Flowers containing both an androecium and a gynoecium are called perfect, androgynous or hermaphrodite.
5. A complete flower has all four whorls present, so it cannot be missing the androecium.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 32 "Plant Reproduction", section 32.1 Reproductive Development and Structure_
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