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Assertion: Selaginella and Salvinia are homosporus.
Reason: Ovules of gymnosperms are enclosed within the ovaries.

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If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

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if both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

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if assertion is true but reason is false.

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if both assertion and reason are false.

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In majority of the pteridophytes, all the spores are of similar kinds, such plants are called homosphorous. Genera like Selaginella and Salvinia Which two produce two kinds of spores i.e. macro (large) and micro (small) spores, are known as
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