Question

What is meant by parasitic plant? Name their different types with examples of each.

Answer 1

Answer:

A type of plant which gets its nutrition from another living plant is called a parasitic plant.

Parasitic plant can be classified into following categories:

1) Obligate parasites are those which are dependent on a host to complete its lifecycle.

Ex- __Vespula_ _acadica__ is a host to __ Vespula__ __ austriaca__.

2) Facultative parasites are those which are not dependent on a host to complete its lifecycle.

Ex- Seen in the family members of Armillaria, a type of fungi.

Answer 2

Answer:

Parasitic plants are defined as the types of plant which are dependent on others for food because they cannot prepare their own food by the process of photosynthesis. The different types of parasitic plants are cascuta, venus fly trap, etc.

Explanation:

• The parasitic plants have heterotrophic mode of nutrition. The heterotrophic mode of nutrition is defined as the plants or animal which depend upon others for food because they are not sufficient to prepare their own food.
• One of the reason is they are not Green in colour which is the most important factor for the photosynthesis process.
• This type of plant different takes food from other plant and also tends to harm them.
• Some of the plant just grow on the host plant and take nutrition and minerals from it, The other type of plant just eats the insects just like  in the case of Venus fly trap.