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(A) In a papilionaceous flower, the aestivation is known as Vexillary or Descending imbricate aestivation.In this type, the posterior large petal (sta

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Descending imbricate

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(A) In a papilionaceous flower, the aestivation is known as Vexillary or Descending imbricate aestivation.In this type, the posterior large petal (standard or vexillum) overlaps the two lateral petals (wings or alae), and the lateral wings, in turn, overlap the two anterior smallest petals (keel or carina).This arrangement is characteristic of the family Fabaceae, such as in Pea $(Pisum \, sativum)$ and Gram $(Cicer \, arietinum)$.

Papilionaceous flower with large vexillum covering two wings and the wings covering the keel has corolla aestivation of

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