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Which of the following plants is an example of crassulacean acid metabolism?

  1. Money tree

  2. Maize plant

  3. Sugarcane

  4. Barley

  5. Asian rice
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Explanation

Money tree (Crassula ovata) is an example of CAM plants. CAM is named after the family Crassulaceae, CAM stands for crassulacean acid metabolism because it was first studied in members of the plant family Crassulaceae, to which Jade plant (Crassula ovata) belongs.

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