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A bryophyte which harbours a nitrogen fi...

A bryophyte which harbours a nitrogen fixing blue-green alga in its thallus is

A

Pogonatum

B

Riccia

C

Marchantia

D

Anthoceros

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D
The hornwort anthoceros punctatus shows symbiotic association with blue green algae i.e. nostoc. In the case of anthoceros about 807 of the nitrogen fixed by the heterocyst of nostoc is released to bryophyte.
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