"Pollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity". This is characteristic of which type of pollination.

Anemophily

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Entomophily

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Hydrophily

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Zoophily

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Solution

The correct option is C Hydrophily
Pollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity is characteristic of hydrophilous flower. So, the correct option is C.

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(i) Pollination by water is rare in flowering plants and is limited mostly to monocotyledons.

(ii) In majority of aquatic plants such as water hyacinth and water lily pollination takes place by insects and winds.

(iii) In most of the water pollinated species pollen grains are protected from getting wet by a mucilaginous covering.

(iv) In Vallisneria, female flowers reach the surface of water and receive the pollen grains, whereas in Zostera, female flowers remain submerged and receive pollen grains under water.

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Q. Which of the following characteristics indicates that a flower is hydrophilous?
(i) It produces pollen grains in large numbers.
(ii) Some pollen grains have specific gravity that is very similar to that of water.
(iii) Some plants have male flowers floating on the water surface till they meet the female flowers.
(iv) Vallisneria is a water-pollinated flower.

Q. Which type of pollen grains are found in insect pollinated flowers?

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"Pollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity". This is characteristic of which type of pollination.

The correct option is C HydrophilyPollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity is characteristic of hydrophilous flower. So, the correct option is C.

The correct option is C Hydrophily
Pollen grains are protected by a mucilaginous covering and having a specific gravity is characteristic of hydrophilous flower. So, the correct option is C.