alleryRadially symmetric flowers are called what?
AActinomorphic
BZygomorphic
CPolymorphic
DIsomorphic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Actinomorphic
1. In many flowers, petals, sepals and stamens repeat at regular intervals around the axis.
2. Such flowers are radially symmetric, called actinomorphic.
3. Zygomorphic flowers are bilaterally symmetric, and the other terms do not describe symmetry.
_Source: Wikipedia, Symmetry in biology, section Radial symmetry_
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