CLASSIFICATION KINGDOM PLANTAE Flowering plants FERN MONO COTYLEDONS DICOTYLEDONS What is Monocotyledons? • Monocotyledon is commonly referred to as monocots. • They are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms) • the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf or cotyledon. • The monocotyledons include about 60,000 species. • Palm trees, grasses, bananas, and orchids are some of the examples. What is Dicotyledons? • Dicotyledons, also known as dicots. • The name denotes a typical characteristic of the group • namely that the seed has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 200,000 species within this group. • Beans, buttercups, oaks, sunflowers, etc are some of the examples. Difference between Monocotyledons and DiCotyledons Parameter Monocotyledon Dicotyledon Meaning Plants with the seed having only one cotyledon are called as monocotyledons. Flower parts Flower parts are present in multiples of The flower parts are present in multiples of four or three. five. Leaves The leaves have parallel veins Plants with the seed having two cotyledons are called as dicotyledons. The leaves have net like or intersecting veins Woody/He Monocots are herbaceous. rbaceous Dicots are both woody as well as herbaceous. Vascular bundles Scattered vascular bundles It has vascular bundles in ring form Root Adventitious or fibrous roots - with many branches Radicle or tap roots - with long thick root. Main features of monocots and dicots Identify monocot and dicot flower Identify the leaf A B Difference between monocots and dicots • https://youtu.be/gI2RxzAT-ww
