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AIIMS 201925 May
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2019
Date
25 May
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom

AIIMS 2019 · 25 May · Botany · Plant Kingdom

Which of the following are homosporous?

Which of the following are homosporous?

Options

  1. ASalvinia, Equisetum
  2. BSalvinia, Lycopodium
  3. CSelaginella, Salvinia
  4. DLycopodium, Equisetum

Correct answer

D. Lycopodium, Equisetum

Step-by-step solution

The plants bearing similar spores are called homosporous, e.g., Pteris, Lycopodium, Equisetum, Adiantum, etc. Selaginella and Salvinia are heterosporous, i.e., they bear two types of spores - microspores and megaspores.
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