Question

Q.Write a note on the class Monocotyledonae.​

Answer 1

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Class Monocotyledonae:

• These plants have single cotyledon in the embryo.

• The plants have adventitious root system.

• Stem is rarely branched.

• The leaves generally have sheathing leaf base and parallel venation.

• The flowers are generally trimerous.

• The vascular bundles are conjoint, collateral and closed.

• Secondary growth is usually absent, due to the absence of cambium.

• e.g. Zea mays (Maize), Sorghum vulgare (Jowar).

Answer 2

Any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed. Monocotyledons have leaves with parallel veins, flower parts in multiples of three, and fibrous root systems. Their primary vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem, not arranged in a ring as in eudicotyledons.