NEET 2021 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia produce two kinds of spores. Such plants are known as:

  1. (A)Homosorus
  2. (B)Heterosorus
  3. (C)Homosporous
  4. (D)Heterosporous

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Genera like *Selaginella* and *Salvinia* which produce two kinds of spores, macro (large) and micro (small) spores, are known as **heterosporous**.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
3.3 PTERIDOPHYTES
Page
9
Words matched
21 of 21

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