Question

Distinguish between monocots and dicots​

Answer 1

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The flowering plants or the angiosperms are the most diversified group of plants. Most of the plants that you see around and that which dominate the plant population belong to this group. The angiosperms are further divided into monocotyledon and dicotyledon. These two differ in four different structural traits: roots, stems, leaves and flower. But, variations begin from the seed: the start of a plant’s life cycle. Cotyledon refers to the ‘first seed leaf’, present in the embryo. If it is a single seed leaf, then it is categorised as monocots and if it is a pair of leaves then it is categorised as dicots. This little distinction at the beginning of the plant’s life cycle causes each plant to generate big differences about which we will further discuss in the article. The differences between monocotyledon and dicotyledon are given below in a tabular column

Answer 2

Monocots

• Plants that have only one cotyledon in seeds are called Monocots.
• The pollen tube is called monocolpate.
• The leaves have parallel venation.

Dicots

• Plants that have two cotyledon in seeds are called Dicots.
• The pollen tube is called tricolpat.
• The leaves have reticulate venation.

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