Question

What are 3 structural adaptations of leaves to reduce water loss by transpiration?

Answer 1

Some plants live in scarcity of water modify their strutures of leaves to reduce the loss of water by transpiration.

Explanation:

1. Opuntia and Euphorbia reduced their leaves into spines. The spines with reduce surface areas control loss of water by transpiration.
2. The leaves of Calotropis procera have a waxy thick coating which reduce loss of water.
3. The sunken stomata are cofined to the lower surface of leavres.
4. Multilayered epidermis in Nerium and bulliform cells at the epidermis in some grasses. Thank You
   Dr B K Mishra, India.