alleryStart learning →In Bryophyllum and kalanchoe, new plants develop from which structure?
ASmall buds on the leaf margins
BSmall nodules on the root tips
CSmall tubers at the stem bases
DSmall seeds inside closed flowers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Small buds on the leaf margins
1. Natural methods of asexual reproduction are the strategies plants have developed to propagate themselves.
2. In Bryophyllum and kalanchoe the leaves carry small buds on their margins.
3. When those buds are detached from the plant they grow into independent plants.
4. They may also start growing into independent plants if the leaf touches the soil.
5. Root nodules house nitrogen fixing bacteria and are not a route to new plants.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 32 "Plant Reproduction", section 32.3 Asexual Reproduction_
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