Question

Which one of the following is endangered member of flora?

• A. Flying Squirrel
• B. One horned rhino
• C. Drosera indica
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Drosera indica is an endangered member of flora. Drosera indica is an insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Australia and Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics (The Neotropic ecozone is one of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.).

Endangered species is a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.

A plant or animal species existing in such small numbers that it is in danger of becoming extinct, especially such a species placed in jeopardy as a result of human activity. One of the principal factors in the endangerment or extinction of a species is the destruction or pollution of its native habitat.