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Wind vs. Insect & Bird Pollination

The document discusses different types of pollination, specifically wind pollination and entomophily (insect pollination) as well as ornithophily (bird pollination). It highlights characteristics of flowers, pollen grains, and stigmas for each type, noting that wind-pollinated flowers are small and inconspicuous, while insect and bird-pollinated flowers are large, colorful, and fragrant. Additionally, it mentions the structural adaptations of pollen grains and stigmas that facilitate these pollination methods.

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Wind vs. Insect & Bird Pollination

The document discusses different types of pollination, specifically wind pollination and entomophily (insect pollination) as well as ornithophily (bird pollination). It highlights characteristics of flowers, pollen grains, and stigmas for each type, noting that wind-pollinated flowers are small and inconspicuous, while insect and bird-pollinated flowers are large, colorful, and fragrant. Additionally, it mentions the structural adaptations of pollen grains and stigmas that facilitate these pollination methods.

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WIND POLLINATION

Flowers

· Small, inconspicuous, colorless, without fragrance and nectar

Pollen grains

· Light weight, dry, produced in large numbers

Stigma

· Feather, exposed

Stamen

· Exserted, long filaments, exposed hydorphily

ENTOMOPILY by insect
ORNITHOPHILY by bird �F�F
Flowers
lowers
· Large, showy, brightly coloured
· Produce sweet odour and nectar
· Large, showy, brightly coloured, without fragra
· Produce profuse, dilute nectar
Pollen grains ; bell shaped
· Spiny, yellow (due to sporopollenin) Pollen grains = Sticky, spiny
Stigma
Stigma
· Rough, posses hais or sticky (due to · Rough, posses hais or sticky (due to mucilage)
mucilage)

Other
Birds
· Small size with long beak (sunbird, Humming b
· Lever mechanism e.g. Salvia e.g Bombax, Callistemon (Bottle brush), Butea

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