Adaptation in Flowers For Pollination
Adaptation in Flowers For Pollination
Adaptation in Flowers For Pollination
Aim: To study the adaptations in flowers for pollination by different agents (wind, insects &
birds)
A. Maize flowers [Wind Pollinated Flowers – Anemophily]
Identifying Features:
1. The flowers are small, inconspicuous.
2. Flowers are colourless, odourless and nectarless.
3. Anthers and stigmas are commonly exerted (project out of the flower).
4. Pollen grains are light, small, powdery and produced in large numbers.
5. The stigmas are large, sometimes feathery and branched adapted to catch the pollens.
6. The pollen grains are produced in very large numbers.