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The three types of plastids were named by

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Meyer
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Schimper
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Hanstein
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Flemming
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Solution

The correct option is D Schimper
  • Plastids are a pigment containing double membrane-bound organelle which is the site of manufacture and storage of chemical compounds.
  • Plastids are of three types on the basis of the pigments present within them:-
1. chloroplast (green plastid), 2. The chromoplast (coloured plastid) and 3. Leucoplast (colourless plastid).
  • Andreas Schimper named the three types of plastids in the year in 1883.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Schimper'.

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