4. Describe either 5 different types of pollination vectors AND 5 methods of fruit/seed dispersal in angiosperms. You must describe the type of flower, fruit, or seed, and the type of mechanism.
Angiosperms are pollinated by different vectors like wind, water, gravity, ballistic and animals.
Fruits and seeds are the primary means of dispersal in animals.
Dandelon - sycamore fruits are light and have extensions which act as parachute and catch up wind for dispersal.
Tomato - seeds have indigestible seed coats which pass through the digestive tract of animals.
Goose grass - fruits have hooks which attaches to the fur of animals and drop out at different location.
Pea pod - ripe pods burst open and the peas are projected by ballistic method to a far place .
Lotus - seeds are carried by water .
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