Question

Define Endemic plants and Exotic plants.

Answer 1

Hint: A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding is called species.

Complete Answer:

Endemic species are plants and animals that exist only in one region. Species may be endemic to large or small areas of the earth: some are endemic to a selected continent, some to a part of a continent, et al to one island. Endemic plants are special because they're found in just one location in the world, and nowhere else. Example Great Basin park is home to many endemic plant and animal species and kangaroos are originally endemic to Australia and are found nowhere else within the world.

An exotic plant is one that is not native to our area, but which may survive and reproduce here, displacing native species and altering natural systems. The exotic plants are the species which has been introduced to the new geographic regions from some other regions.

Note:

i) Asiatic Lion in Gir Forest, Lion-tailed Macaque in Western Ghats of India, Jerdon’s Corser, Nilgai, Nicobar megapode are some of the species of animals endemic to India.

ii) Some of the endemic plant species include- Nevada primrose, Waxflower, Pennell’s whitlow grass, Intermountain wavering, Mt. Wheeler sandwort, etc.