Monocots

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Monocots Dicots

• Types of Angiosperms
• Botany

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Angiosperms

• Angiosperms are flowering plants.
• Angiosperms belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
• Angiosperms can be divided into two classes
• Monocots-Class Liliopsida
• Dicots-Class Magnoliopsida

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Class Liliopsida

• Class Liliopsida contains the monocots.
• Monocots all have distinct features that make
  them different from other angiosperms.

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Characteristics of Monocots

• Monocots have
• one cotyledon (first emerging leaf from the
  germinating seed aka. Seed leaf)
• Parallel veined leaves (think of the veins on a
  blade of grass)
• Scattered primary vascular bundles
• Monosulcate pollen (has one indention or dip in
  surface)
• Flower parts in multiples of three (either have
  three of each or have a number that is divisible
  by three)

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Characteristics of Monocots
Vascular Bundles Scattered
One Seed Leaf Inside Seed
Parallel Veins on Leaf
Three Petals, Three Leaves
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Class Magnoliopsida

• Class Magnoliopsida contains the dicots.
• Dicots are unique flowers. 50 of all dicots
  have woody stems among their other unique
  features.

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Characteristics of Dicots

• Dicots have
• Two cotyledons (seed leaves)
• Net-veined leaves
• Primary vascular bundles in rings
• Floral parts in multiples of fives
• Tricolpate pollen

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Characteristics of Dicots
Dicot with two cotyledons on the right
Flower parts in multiples of five
Vascular bundles in rings
Net-veined leaves
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Contrasting Monocots Dicots
Iris
Golden Trumpet
Is this a monocot or a dicot? How do you know?
Is this a monocot or a dicot? How do you know?
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Copy and answer the ENTIRE question on your own
paper.

• 1. You collect a flower specimen while you are
  out on a nature walk. It has 12 pink petals and
  6 leaves with parallel veins around the flower.
  Would you classify this plant as a monocot or a
  dicot? Why?
• 2. While out on the same nature walk, you
  collect a blue flower. It has five flower petals
  and leaves with webbed veins. It five leaves
  around the petals. Would you classify this plant
  as a monocot or a dicot? Why?