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Dicot
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Monocot
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Embryo:
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The
dicotyledons embryo has two cotyledons.
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Monocotyledons
have one cotyledon.
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Leaf venation:
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Leaf
veins are reticulated (branched).
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Leaf
veins are parallel.
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Flowers:
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Petals
in multiples of four or five. May bear fruit ( if tree)
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multiples
of three
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Secondary growth:
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Often
present
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Absent
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Stem and vascular system:
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Bundles of vascular tissue arranged in a ring. The vascular
system is divided into a cortex and stele.
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Bundles
of vascular tissue scattered throughout the stem with no particular
arrangement, and has no cortex.
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Pollen:
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Pollen
with three furrows or pores
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Pollen
with a single furrow or pore
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Examples:
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Legumes
(pea, beans, lentils, peanuts) daisies, mint, lettuce, tomato, oak, tree,
etc.
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Grains,
(wheat, corn, rice, millet) lilies, daffodils, sugarcane, banana, palm,
ginger, onions, bamboo, sugar, cone, palm tree, banana tree,grass
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Root Pattern:
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Taproot
system
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Fibrous
roots
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Presence or absence of wood:
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both
herbaceous and woody
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herbaceous
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# of seed leaves:
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2 seed
leaves
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1
seed leaf
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