Question
Explain the characteristic features of flowers that facilitate wind pollination.
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Answer
In wind pollinated flowers:
- The stamens are well-exposed, so that pollen grains are easily dispersed in wind currents.
- The stigma is large and often feathery, to easily trap the air-borne pollen grains.
- The pollen grains are light and non-sticky, to be transported in wind currents.
- There is a single ovule in the ovary of these flowers.
- Numerous small flowers are packed into an inflorescence.
- Pollen grains are produced in enormous quantity.
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