Q830
CAM occurs in
A.
Thin green leaves with reticulate venation
B.
Thin green leaves with parallel venation
C.
Thin coloured leaves
D.
Fleshy green leaves
AnswerAnswer: Option D
Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
CAM occurs in Fleshy green leaves.Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a photosynthetic adaptation to periodic water supply, occurring in plants in arid regions (e.g., cacti) or in tropical epiphytes (e.g., orchids and bromeliads).
CAM photosynthesis, is a carbon fixation pathway that evolved in some plants as an adaptation to arid conditions that allows a plant to photosynthesize during the day, but only exchange gases at night.