Question

Flowering plants use external agents to achieve pollination. List the possible external agents?

Answer 1

Pollination is a process in which pollen grains are transferred from the anther to the stigma of flowers. Agents that are responsible for pollination are called pollinators The pollinators can be broadly divided into two categories: 1.Biotic or living agents - example- insects 2.Abiotic or non-living agents - example - wind

Following is the list of few types of pollination and their corresponding pollinators $$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Pollinator}& \text{Pollination}\\ \text{Wind}& \text{Anemophily}\\ \text{Insects}& \text{Entomophily}\\ \text{Functional}& \text{Ornithophily}\\ \text{Female}& \text{Chiropterophily}\end{array}$$