Question:

In water hyacinth and water lily, pollination takes place by:

Updated On: Jun 23, 2024
  • insects or wind
  • water currents only
  • wind and water
  • insects and water
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The Correct Option is A

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In water hyacinth, that is, Eichhornia the flowers are purple in color, attractive and borne in a spike to facilitate pollination by insects.
Water lilies, Nymphea species have conspicuous attractive flowers to facilitate insect pollination while some species produce a large number of pollen grains to aid anemophily or wind pollination.
So, the correct answer is 'Insects or wind'.
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Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants takes place or happens when the production of a new organism occurs from two parents by making use of their gametes or sex cells. Both sexual and asexual reproduction can be found in plants. Nearly all flowering plants reproduce sexually. Flowers play a captious role in the process as it carries both the male and female reproductive parts commonly known as androecium and gynoecium respectively.

An individual flower comprises the following parts - 

  • Pedicle
  • Calyx
  • Petals
  • Sepals
  • Stamen
  • Pistil
  • Receptacle