NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
How do wind-pollinated flowers typically arrange their flowers in an inflorescence?
Options
- AIn large clusters with few ovules
- BIn single flowers with numerous ovules
- CIn numerous flowers packed closely together
- DIn scattered, isolated flowers
Correct answer
C. In numerous flowers packed closely together
Step-by-step solution
Pollination by wind is more common amongst abiotic pollinations. Wind pollination also requires that the pollen grains are light and non-sticky so that they can be transported in wind currents. They often possess well-exposed stamens (so that the pollens are easily dispersed into wind currents, and large often-feathery stigma to easily trap air-borne pollen grains. Wind- pollinated flowers often have a single ovule in each ovary and numerous flowers packed into an inflorescence; a familiar example is the corn cob –