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Question

Match Column I with Column II.

 Column I Column II
ALeaf tendriliNepenthes
BSpinesiiBegonia
CReproductive leavesiiiCacti
DTrap leavesivSmilax

Choose the correct answer from the options given.

 ABCD
1iviiiiii
2iiiiviii
3iviiiiii
4iiiiivii

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Solution

Leaf tendrils - leaf modification for providing mechanical support for climbing - Ex: Pea leaf lets, Complete leaf of Lathyrus, Stipules of Smilax, leaf apex of Gloriosa, Petiole of Nepenthes.

Spines - modified leaf for defence or protecion from grazing animals - Ex: Complete leaf as in cacti like Opuntia, leaf margin, apex and surface of Solanum xanthocarpum, leaf margin of Aloe, Stipules of Acacia arabica

Phyllodes - Any organ of leaf other than lamina modified as green photosynthetic structure - Australian acacia (complete petiole), lower half of petiole in Nepenthes. Stipules of Lathyrus and Pea.

Fleshy leaves - These leaves store food materials or water or both - Ex: Onion, Garlic, Cabbage, Aloe, Bryophyllum.

Reproductive leaves - meant for vegetative propagation by having epiphyllous buds - Ex: Bryophyllum (notches of leaf margin), Scilla (Leaf apex), Wounded region of leaf in Begonia.

Trap leaves - leaves modified for attracting, catching, killing and digesting the protein part of insect for nitrogenous requirement as seen in insectivorous or carnivorous plants - Lamina of Nepenthes, leaflet of Dionaea or Venus fly trap, lamina of Drosera and segments of lamina of Utricularia are modified as insect traps. 



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