Question

Refer to the given characteristics of some flowers.
(i) Light and non-sticky pollen grains
(ii) Exserted stigmas and anthers
(iii) Large, often feathery stigmas
(iv) Flower colourless, odourless and nectarless
(v) Common in grasses
Given features are the characteristic of.

• A. Anemophily
• B. Hydrophily
• C. Entomophily
• D. Zoophily

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Anemophily

Anemophily is a mode of cross pollination or transfer of pollen grains from a mature anther to the stigma of a pistil which is accomplished through the agency of wind, e.g., coconut palm, date palm, maize, many grasses, Cannabis, etc.