Question

Plants which produce characteristic pneumatophores and show vivipary belong to :

• A. Mesophytes
• B. Halophytes
• C. Psammophytes
• D. Hydrophytes

Answer 1

The correct option is B Halophytes

Plants growing on swampy and salty coastal areas are aclled halophytes. They have a unique characteristic of producing pneumatophores and exhibiting vivipary, which allow them to grow in submerged coastal areas.

Pneumatophores are the modified roots which help the plants to get oxygen for respiration.
Vivipary is the condition where the embryo grows first, then breaks through the seed coat and then out of the fruit wall while still attached to the parent plant. Example: Rhizophora.