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Question
What are chasmogamous flowers?
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Solution
There are two types of flowers present in plants, namely Oxalis and Viola.
Both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers are present in plants. Chasmogamous flowers have exposed anthers and stigmata, similar to the flowers of other species.
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