Some plants have leaves that do not appear green. Where does the photosynthesis takes place in
such plants?
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Answer:
That's life, in a nutshell. All photosynthesizing plants have a pigment molecule called chlorophyll. This molecule absorbs most of the energy from the violet-blue and reddish-orange part of the light spectrum. It does not absorb green, so that's reflected back to our eyes and we see the leaf as green.
All plants that use photosynthesis to make sugars contain chlorophyll. Therefore if a plant does not contain chlorophyll, it will not be able to use photosynthesis. Even though chlorophyll will always be seen as green, there are other pigments that leaves can have that are reddish that cover up the green color.
When leaves contain high concentration of anthocyanin pigments, the leaves appear red or purple in colour.... But leaves of other colours like red, yellow or purple also contain chlorophyll hidden under the non-green pigments. So non-green leaves also, can make foods for plants, as they contain chlorophyll.
Answer:
those plants in which chlorophyll is absent in leaves but present in stems or roots, there photosynthesis takes place in the stems or roots