Morphology of Flowering Plants Question 2
2. Plants which produce characteristic pneumatophores and show vivipary belong to:
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(a) Halophytes
(b) Psammophytes
(c) Hydrophytes
(d) Mesophytes
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Answer : a
Hints & Solutions
(a) Halophytes growing in saline soils show vivipary for seed germination and have pneumatophores for gaseous exchange. Psammophytes are plant that thrives in shifting sands, primarily in deserts. They are marked by a number of adaptations that enable them to exist on wind-blown sands. In such an environment, the plants are often covered with sand, or their root system is exposed.
