Which statements among the following are true?

i. Water pollinated plants are Vallisneria, water lily, Zostera.
ii. Water pollination is mostly found in monocots and only in very few dicots.
iii. Majority of floating aquatic plants are insect or wind pollinated.
iv. Water pollinated plants produce nectar.

i and ii

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ii and iii

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iii and iv

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i and iv

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Solution

The correct option is B ii and iii
Water pollinated or hydrophilous flowers
(1) are colourless
(2) produce no nectar
(3) have pollen with a water proof mucilaginous coating
(4) long and ribbon like
Eg- Fresh water - Vallisneria and Hydrilla
Marine - Zostera or sea grasses

Water lily is not water-pollinated. Only very few dicots like Ceratophyllum demersum are hydrophillous.

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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.

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