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Which of the following lacks stomata? |
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Aquatic plants with floating leaves |
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Xerophytes |
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Aquatic submerged plants |
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Sciophytes |
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Which of the following lacks stomata? |
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a) |
Aquatic plants with floating leaves |
b) |
Xerophytes |
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c) |
Aquatic submerged plants |
d) |
Sciophytes |
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(c) Transpiration is the loss of water from the aerial part of a living plant. Transpiration may be stomatal (90%), cuticular (3-9%) and lenticular (0.1%). Transpiration is absent in submerged, hydrophytes due to the absence of stomata in the leaves of submerged plant, i.e., potamogeton |