What is pollination by water called?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: Hydrophily
Pollination by water is called hydrophily. It occurs in some aquatic plants, where water carries pollen to the stigma or to the female flower. Anemophily is pollination by wind, entomophily by insects, and cleistogamy is self-pollination within flowers that remain closed. Thus, only hydrophily identifies the water-based pollination agent.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
Hydrophily
Why is this the correct answer?
Pollination by water is called hydrophily. It occurs in some aquatic plants, where water carries pollen to the stigma or to the female flower. Anemophily is pollination by wind, entomophily by insects, and cleistogamy is self-pollination within flowers that remain closed. Thus, only hydrophily identifies the water-based pollination agent.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Biology question. Chapter: Morphology of Flowering Plants. Topic: flowers.
