Question

A example of CAM plant is

• A. black night shade (Solanum nigrum)
• B. lemon grass (Cymbopagon flexuosus)
• C. sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris)
• D. snake plant (Sanseviera thifasciata)

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

snake plant (Sanseviera thifasciata)

Answer 2

Crassulacean acid metabolism $(C A M)$ is a mechanism of photosynthesis which involves double fixation of $CO _{2}$-initial PEP case fixation and final RuB is CO fixation of $CO _{2}$, in the same cells but at different times, i.e., night and day. In $CAM$ plants stomata remain closed during the daytime and open only at night. Snake plant (Sanseviera trifasciata) is a $C A M$ plant