Monocotyledon
important clade of plants
This article has a list of references or other websites, but its sources are not clear because it does not have inline citations. (July 2018) |
Monocotyledons are a class of flowering plants (angiosperms), whose embryo (seed) store only one cotyledon.The APG II system recognises a clade called "monocots" but does not assign it to a taxonomic rank.
Monocotyledons | |
---|---|
Daylily flower, with three flower parts in each whorl | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Division: | |
Class: | Monocotyledons |
You can recognize a monocot by its leaves: they have long parallel veins running down the leaf. In contrast, dicot plant leaves have a complex netted vein pattern on their leaves.
Monocots usually have a fibrous root system.
Clade diagram
changeAngiosperms |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other websites
change- APG II
- Petrosaviales Archived 2008-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageList of UEFA European Championship finalsSpecial:SearchXXXTentacionKnights of the Round TableList of Disney moviesSOLID (object-oriented design)Wikipedia:AboutHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionList of U.S. statesGermany national football teamSpecial:RecentChangesList of people who have walked on the MoonBlackGodzilla X Kong: The New EmpireEducationList of U.S. states and territories by time zoneUnited StatesSupreme Court of the United States24-hour clockQueen (band)Cristiano RonaldoAdolf Hitler UunonaDespicable Me 4Bismillahir Rahmanir RaheemLisa SparxxxHelp:Authority controlGolden EdgeSlash (punctuation)List of prime ministers of the United KingdomBTSMurder of Junko FurutaBig Mac IndexList of countries by continentsGiorgia MeloniPaige DeSorbo0List of fruits