NEET2021BotanyPlant KingdomActual
Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as:
Options
- AHomosorus
- BHeterosorus
- CHomosporous
- DHeterosporous
Correct answer
D. Heterosporous
Step-by-step solution
A heterosporous life history occurs in some pteridophytes and in all seed plants. It is characterised by morphologically dissimilar spores produced from two types of sporangia: microspores, or male spores, and megaspores (macrospores), or female spores. Some genera of division Pteridophyta like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores, macro (large) and micro (small) spores, which are known as heterosporous.