2022 · Q43
Buds produced in the notches along the leaf margin of Bryophyllum fall on soil and develop into new plants. This is an example of which one of the following types of reproduction?
general-sciencebiology-plants
- AVegetative propagation
- BBudding
- CSpore formation
- DRegeneration
Explanation
Bryophyllum reproduces by vegetative propagation: adventitious buds develop in the notches along the leaf margin, detach, fall on moist soil and grow into independent new plants — a form of asexual reproduction from a vegetative part (the leaf). It is not budding in the yeast/hydra sense (option B), spore formation (option C) or regeneration of lost body parts (option D). Hence option A.