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Question
What is common to the following plants: Nepenthes, Psilotum, Rauwolfia and Aconitum?
Options
All are ornamental plants
All are phylogenic link species
All are prone to over exploitation
All are exclusively present in the Eastern Himalayas
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Solution
All are prone to over exploitation
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