Laurales

Magnoliales

Piperales

3. Monocots

2. Magnoliids

1. Basal Angiosperms

4. Eudicots- the largest group

Canellales

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Monocot: 1 cotyledon

Dicot: 2 cotyledons

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Monocot: parallel venation

Dicot: net or reticulate venation

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Monocot:

Adventitious Roots arise from base of plant. The embryonic root dies.

Dicot:

The embryonic root (radicle) grows into a strong central tap root.

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Monocots: scattered vascular bundles [Corn, Zea mays]

Dicots: vascular bundles arranged in a ring [Clover, Medicago]

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Monocot Pollen is Monosulcate (one long groove)

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Rosaceae

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Polygonaceae

Dicots typically have three grooves or pores tricolporate or tricolpate pollen.

Monocots have flower parts in 3’s

Dicots have flower parts in 4’s or 5’s

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