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Give the floral adaptations for anemophily. |
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Answer» (i) Floral adaptations for anemophily : 1. Anemophilous flowers are small, inconspicuous without bright colours, nectar and fragrance. 2. Petals are green or highly reduced. 3. When flowers are unisexual, the male flowers are more numerous than female and are situated at a higher level. 4. Stamens are with long filaments, versatile and exposed anthers. 5. Pollen grains are produced in extremely large numbers to compensate their wastage. There are small, smooth walled, pale yellow in colour and light weighted. 6. Long style bears large feathery or hairy stigma to trap pollen grains. E.g. Grasses, Maize, Jowar, Sugarcane, etc. |
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