Question

Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statements.

a. Majority of flowering plants use a range of animals as pollinating agents.

b. Bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths, birds (sunbirds and hummingbirds) and bats are the common pollinating agents.

c. Among the animals, insects, particularly bees, are the dominant biotic pollinating agents.

d. Even larger animals such as some primates (lemurs), arboreal (tree dwelling) rodents, or even reptiles (gecko lizards and garden lizards) have also been reported as pollinators in some species.

e. Often flowers of animal pollinated plants are specifically adapted for a particular species of animal.

• A. $b\text{and}c$
• B. $a\text{and}b$
• C. None of the above
• D. $d\text{and}e$

Answer 1

The correct option is C None of the above

Biotic pollinators refer to the living organisms that help in the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma for fertilisation to occur.

● Majority of the plants get pollinated by biotic agents such as bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths, birds (sunbirds and hummingbirds) and bats.

● The animal taxa that are majorly involved in pollination are the insects, especially bees.

● Few primates such as lemurs, reptiles such as ordinary garden lizards and geckos and arboreal rodents such as squirrels are also involved in pollination.

● Flowers that are pollinated by animals are often specially adapted to a particular pollinator species and the plant and the pollinator often share a mutualistic relationship and evolve together.