Q.Gynoecium with united carples is termed as
Step 1. Fusion of carpels is a key systematic character used to classify a gynoecium. The chapter defines two conditions: apocarpous, where the pistil contains two or more distinct carpels that never fuse (example: Annona), and syncarpous, where the pistil contains two or more carpels that are connate (fused) together (example: Citrus, tomato).
Step 2. The question asks for the term describing carpels that are 'united' - this matches the definition of syncarpous exactly, since 'connate' and 'united' both describe carpels fusing into one structure.
Step 3. Ruling out the distractors: apocarpous is the opposite condition (unfused carpels); multicarpellary only describes carpel COUNT (many carpels) and says nothing about whether they are fused or free, so a multicarpellary gynoecium could be either apocarpous or syncarpous.
A gynoecium with fused/united carpels is termed syncarpous, as in Citrus and tomato; apocarpous describes the opposite, unfused condition.
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