alleryStart learning →About how many species of parasitic plants are there?
AAbout 410
BAbout 1,400
CAbout 4,100
DAbout 41,000
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. About 4,100
1. Parasitic plants draw water and nutrients from a host through invading connections.
2. There are about 4,100 species of them.
3. The dodder is the named example, with a weak cylindrical stem that coils around the host and forms suckers.
4. Cells from those suckers invade the host stem and connect with its vascular bundles.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 31 "Soil and Plant Nutrition", section 31.3 Nutritional Adaptations of Plants_
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