Question

Difference between parasitic plant, saprophytic plant, insectivorous plant and green plant in tabular form

Answer 1

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PARASITIC PLANT;-
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirement from another living plant. All parasitic plants have modified roots, named haustoria which penetrates the host plants, connecting them to the conductive system – either the xylem, the phloem, or both. This provides them with the ability to extract water and nutrients from the host.

SAPROPHYTIC PLANT;-
A saprophyte or saprotroph is an organism which gets its energy from dead and decaying organic matter. This may be decaying pieces of plants or animals. This means that saprophytes are heterotrophs. They are consumers in the food chain.

INSECTIVOROUS PLANT;-
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.

Answer 2

Parasitic plant:

• A parasitic plant obtains its nutrition by attaching itself to other plants and take nutrition from them.
• The roots of these plants penetrate into the stem tissue of the host plant and maintain a connection with water and food transporting tissue.
• Example: Cuscuta plant

Saprophytic plant:

• Saprophytic plants feed on dead and decaying organic material for their nutrition.
• Saprophytic plants usually starts growing on the body of the decaying matter.
• Example: Mushroom, Fungi.

Insectivorous plant:

• An insectivorous plant ingests insects for its nutrition.
• These plants have specially designed leaves. When any insect lands on its leaf, it closes itself and open only after absorbing nutrition from it.
• Example: Venus fly trap.

Green plant:

• Green plants have a special pigment known as chlorophyll by which they make their food in the presence of sunlight.
• The plants take carbon dioxide and sunlight and make glucose and Oxygen
• Example: A banyan tree.