Define pollination and characteristicof wind pollinated flower
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Features of wind pollinated flowers include: (i) Pollen grains are light and non-sticky. (ii) Well exposed stamens for easy dispersal by wind. (iii) The stigma is sticky, large and feathery to trap pollen grains in the air. (iv) Numerous flowers are packed together to form inflorescence.
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Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind.
characteristics of wind pollinated flower
- Wind-pollinated flowers are typically:
- No bright colors, special odors, or nectar
- Small
- Most have no petals
- Stamens and stigmas exposed to air currents
- Large amount of pollen
- Pollen smooth, light, easily airborne
- Stigma feathery to catch pollen from wind
- May have staminate and pistillate flowers, may be monoecious or dioecious
- Usually single-seeded fruits, such as oak, grass, birch, poplar, hazel, dock, cat-tail, plantain, and papyrus
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