Question

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.

Answer 1

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 .