Which of the following plants is monoecious?
Pinus
Cycas
Papaya
Marchantia
Gymnosperms -
Evergreen, perennial woody trees or shrubs. They are non-flowering plants producing naked seeds.
- wherein
Eg Cycas, Pinus, Cedrus
Reproduction in Gymnosperms -
Pollen grains are produced from microspores within microsporangia. Naked ovules are borne on megasporophyllus and has nucellus which develops into megaspore mother cell.
- wherein
Pollen grains are transfer by wind to ovules where fertilization takes place by releasing male gamates by pollen tube inside archegonia (female sex organ).
Pinus belong to gymnosperms in which both sex organs are present on same plant but on different branches.
Option 1)
Pinus
This is correct option
Option 2)
Cycas
This is incorrect option
Option 3)
Papaya
This is incorrect option
Option 4)
Marchantia
This is incorrect option