AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
These come in different shapes, but the most known is the Boston type.
A
vines
B
daisies
C
ferns
D
mosses
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This easy-to-grow plant has long, sword-shaped green fronds that arch gracefully as they get older, which is why this fern looks so good on a pedestal or hanging in a basket.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nephrolepis exaltata, known as the sword fern or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae (sometimes treated in the families Davalliaceae or Oleandraceae, or in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae).

Detailed explanation-3: -Boston fern (Nephrolepis exaltata), also known as sword fern, is a popular fern species that grows in many tropical areas around the world. In North America, it is considered a classic houseplant and is easy to care for, as it doesn’t require a lot of sunlight.

Detailed explanation-4: -They were the most desired plants of growers and yearly sales soared in the hundred thousands.” In 1894, a cultivar of N. exaltata was discovered in a shipment from a Philadelphia grower to a Boston distributor and named N. exaltata cv. ‘Bostoniensis’, hence the name Boston fern (Foster 1984).

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