Question

Which one is an Amphibious plant?
A) Lotus
B) Vallisneria
C) Typha
D) Trapa

Answer 1

Amphibious plants are the plants which are rooted in mud and grow up through the water and out in the air.

Complete Answer:
A. Lotus: Lotus is also known as Nelumbo Nucifera which is an aquatic plant and informally called as a water lily. The variants are in white pink red and blue among which white and pink are boradly found and it can reach only a height upto 50 inches.

B. Vallisneria: Scientific name of Valliseneria is Vallisneria Spiralis which has thin leaves like ribbon and it allows the water currents to pass through without any damage on the leaves. It is also known as tape grass or eel grass in a common term and straight Vallisneria.

C. Typha: Scientific name of Typha is Typha latifolia.It is basically an amphibious plant which is having its roots in mud and grows in water. It can remove arsenic from drinking water.Many of its parts are edible also.

D. Trapa: Scientific name of Trapa is Trapa Natans.It has flexouse stem. These are mainly floating rooted and fully aquatic annually. These are edible and have fan shaped leaves each having a slightly inflated leaf stem and tooth like margins on the leaf.

Hence the correct answer is Option C.

Note: Aquatic and Amphibious plants are different from each other in terms of survival properties. Generally they produce different shapes of leaves when grown under water. They produce thin leaves when they are in water and produce thick and stout leaves in terrestrial condition.