Chapter 9: Morphology of Flowering Plants
9.1 Angiosperms
Our earth has a vast diversity of plants.Flowering plants dominate the world of plants as they are well adapted to environmental conditions.
These plants show considerable variation in their general external and internal characters with respect to their habitat. Such variations help the plant body to carry out different functions.
Angiosperms are one of the flowering plants from phanerogams.
They can be classified into different types based on habitat:
|
Type of Angiosperm |
Habitat |
Example |
|
Hydrophytes |
Growing in aquatic habitat |
Hydrilla |
|
Xerophytes |
Growing in regions with scanty or no rainfall (desert) |
Opuntia |
|
Psammophytes |
Growing in sandy soil |
Elymus |
|
Lithophytes |
Growing on rock |
Cladopus, Dalzellia, Couchidium |
|
Halophytes |
Growing in saline soil |
Mangrove plants (Rhizophora) |
