Asked by Samantha Lawson on Jul 26, 2024
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List the key features used to identify if a flowering plant is a monocot or a eudicot.
Monocot
A group of flowering plants (angiosperms) that are characterized by having one cotyledon (seed leaf), parallel leaf veins, and floral parts typically in multiples of three.
Eudicot
Eudicotyledones; flowering plant group; members have two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), net-veined leaves, vascular bundles in a ring, flower parts in fours or fives and their multiples, and other characteristics.
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants, or angiosperms, are plants that produce flowers as their reproductive structures, containing the organs for seed production.
- Understand the biological classification of flowers based on their physical and reproductive features.
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Leywes PierreAug 01, 2024
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Monocot features:
1. One cotyledon
2. Flower parts in threes or multiples of three
3. Usually herbaceous
4. Usually parallel venation
5. Scattered bundles in stem
6. Fibrous root system
Eudicot features:
1. Two cotyledons
2. Flower parts in fours or fives or multiples of four or five
3. Woody herbaceous
4. Usually net venation
5. Vascular bundles in a ring
6. Taproot system
1. One cotyledon
2. Flower parts in threes or multiples of three
3. Usually herbaceous
4. Usually parallel venation
5. Scattered bundles in stem
6. Fibrous root system
Eudicot features:
1. Two cotyledons
2. Flower parts in fours or fives or multiples of four or five
3. Woody herbaceous
4. Usually net venation
5. Vascular bundles in a ring
6. Taproot system
Learning Objectives
- Understand the biological classification of flowers based on their physical and reproductive features.