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Petioles are inflated in floating hydrophytes

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Wolffia
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Eichhornia
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Salvinia
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Ceratophyllum
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Solution

The correct option is B Eichhornia
The petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem. Water hyacinth leaves in natural populations vary from being long and thin‐petioled to being short with inflated petioles. water hyacinth is a floating hydrophyte that has an inflated petiole which helps in keeping it on top of the water level thus allowing it not to sink. So the correct answer is ' Eichhornia or water hyacinth. '

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