Question

Dicot pollen grains are commonly

• A. Monocolpate
• B. Bicolpate
• C. Tricolpate
• D. Multicolpate

Answer 1

The correct option is C Tricolpate

Colpus is a long furrow like aperture and pollen grains having such apertures are called colpate. Generally, there are two types of colpate pollen grains in angiosperms, monocolpate and tricolpate. Monocolpate pollen grains are found in monocots whereas tricolpate pollen grains are found in dicots. Tricolpate pollen grains have three furrows on their surface.

So, the correct answer is C.