Q.Distinguish between the androecium of family Malvaceae and that of family Solanaceae.

In Malvaceae, the androecium is monadelphous: numerous stamens have their filaments united into a single tube (the staminal column) that sheathes the style, with only the anthers remaining free at the top. In Solanaceae, by contrast, the androecium is epipetalous: there are exactly five stamens, matching the five petals in number, and while the stamens themselves are free from one another, each one is individually attached to the inner surface of the corolla tube, positioned alternating with the petals rather than opposite them. So the key structural difference is the kind of fusion involved -- Malvaceae's stamens fuse to each other (forming a column), while …

Identify what each family's stamens are fused TO -- to each other (Malvaceae's monadelphous column) versus to the corolla (Solanaceae's …

• Assuming both families show the same kind of stamen fusion because both involve some fusion in the androecium. …