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)

Crassulacean acid metabolism $(CAM)$ is a mechanism of photosynthesis which involves double fixation of $C{O}_2$-initial PEP case fixation and final RuB is $CO$ fixation of $C{O}_2$, 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 $CAM$ plant