Meeta discovered a new plant species that is non-green and is found on the green plants. What will you classify it as a parasite or an insectivorous plant? why?
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Meeta discovered a new plant species that is non-green and is found on the green plants.
I would classify the plant as parasitic plant with heterotrophic mode of nutrition.
Reason:
---> Heterotrophic plants do not possess chlorophyll.
---> Therefore, they cannot prepare their own food using photosynthesis process.
---> They obtain their food from other plants.
For example:
Cuscutta is a prasaitic plant which develops special roots called Haustoria.these roots penetrate deep into host plant tissue and absorb nutrients from them.
I would classify the plant as parasitic plant with heterotrophic mode of nutrition.
Reason:
---> Heterotrophic plants do not possess chlorophyll.
---> Therefore, they cannot prepare their own food using photosynthesis process.
---> They obtain their food from other plants.
For example:
Cuscutta is a prasaitic plant which develops special roots called Haustoria.these roots penetrate deep into host plant tissue and absorb nutrients from them.
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I will classify the green plant as a parasitic plant which follows the mood of parasitic nutrition. It is so because parasitic plants live on the body of hosts but insectivorous plants are mostly found in the soil.
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