AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some non-flowering plants, called gymnosperms, still produce or bear seeds while others may use the spores for reproduction. The correct answer is option a) as the orchid is not a non-flowering plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -orchid, (family Orchidaceae), any of nearly 1, 000 genera and more than 25, 000 species of attractively flowered plants distributed throughout the world, especially in wet tropics. Orchidaceae is a member of Asparagales, an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants that also includes the asparagus and iris families.

Detailed explanation-3: -Algae, Fungi, Mosses, and ferns, etc are all non-flowering plants. Plants that do not produce flowers and seeds are called non-flowering plants. Non-flowering plants are called as Cryptogamous plants. Plants such as ferns reproduce using spores instead of seeds.

Detailed explanation-4: -Non-flowering plants include mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycophytes and ferns and reproduce by spores. Some non-flowering plants, called gymnosperms or conifers, still produce seeds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Solution: Orchids are not involved in the group of fruits amd non-flowering plants cultivated crops, orchards form part of vegetation but not part of natural vegetation.