Preeti is very fond of gardening. She has different flowering plants in her garden. One day a few naughty children entered her garden and plucked many leaves of Bryophyllum plant and threw them here and there in the garden. After few days, Preeti observed that new Bryophyllum plants were coming out from the leaves which fell on the ground. What does the above cited paragraph indicate?

Options

A. Bryophyllum leaves have special buds that germinate to give rise to new plant
B. Bryophyllum can propagate vegetatively through leaves
C. Bryophyllum is a flowering plant that reproduces only asexually
D. both (a) and (b)

Answer

D

Explanation

Bryophyllum propagates vegetatively through buds present on the margins of its leaves