Differences Between Monocots and Dicots

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Differences Between Monocots and Dicots

• Presented by
• Crystal Salinas

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Agenda

• Angiosperm- two classes
• Monocots
• Dicots
• Differences between monocots and dicots
• Identify plants and place them in the two groups

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What are they?

• Angiosperm - Flowering plants. First appearing at
  least 110 million years ago from an unknown
  gymnosperm ancestor, flowering plants have risen
  to dominance in most of the world's floras.
  Angiosperms are divided in to two groups monocot
  and dicot.

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What are they?

• Monocotyledons (Monocots) These plants have
  specific characteristics that class them as such.
• Some examples are
• Palms
• Grasses
• Orchids
• onions

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Characteristics of Monocots
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What are they?

• Dicotyledons (Dicots) Dicots also have special
  characteristics.
• Some examples of Dicots are
• Oaks
• Roses
• Mustards
• Cacti
• sunflowers

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Characteristics of Dicots
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Comparison of Plants

• Monocot is on the left
• Oat plant
• Dicot is on the right
• Bean plant
• Notice the difference in the two plants

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Vascular Bundle of Monocots

• In monocots, the vascular bundles in the stem
  cross section are usually scattered or more
  complex of an arrangement as compared to dicots.

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Vascular Bundle of Dicots

• The vascular bundles in the stem cross section of
  dicots are arranged in a circle, or ring.

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Types of Monocots and Dicots
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Review

1. What are three different characteristics that
   make monocots and dicots different?
2. Are all plants with monocot characteristics
   monocots?
3. What are some plants that are classified as
   monocots?
4. What are some plants that are classified as
   dicots?

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