1.Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
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Which one of the following pollinations is autogamous?

A

Geitonogamy

B

Xenogamy

C

Chasmogamy

D

Cleistogamy

(AIPMT-2011)

Solution

(d) : Autogamy is a kind of pollination in which the pollen from the anthers of a flower are transferred to stigma of the same flower. Cleistogamy, homogamy, bud pollination are three methods of the autogamy. Cleistogamy occurs in those plants, which never open and ensure complete self­pollination. $E.g.$, Commelina bengalensis, Oxalis, Viola etc.

Standard 12
Biology

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