Monocots

Karina Azevedo & Jeannie Perez   Monocots are one of the two majoring groups of flowering plants.   The name monocotyledons is derived from the traditional botanical name //Monocotyledones//, which derives from the fact that most members of this group have one cotyledon, or embryonic leaf, in their seeds.  One of the most noticeable traits is that a monocot's flower is trimerous, with the flower parts in threes or in multiples of three. That is to say, a monocotyledon's flower typically has three, six, or nine petals.  The other majoring group of flowering plants is called dicots.  Perhaps the simplest way to distinguish monocots from dicots is by counting flower parts. Petals, stamens, and so on tend to appear in multiples of three on monocots, while divot flowers tend to have parts divisible by four or five  Other differences include the distribution of vascular tissue in stems, roots, and leaves, and the number of petals per flower. Monocots include corn, wheat, lilies, orchids, and palms. Dicots include roses, clover, tomatoes, oaks and daisies.
 * Monocots **
 * What are Monocots? **
 * Monocots and Dicots are named for the number of seed leaves, or cotyledons, in the plant embryo. Monocots have one seed leaf and dicots have two **

 **Monocot Stems**   The arrangements of tissues in a stem differs among seed plants. In monocots, vascular bundles are scattered through out the stem. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The cross section of a young monocot stem shows all three tissue systems clearly. The stem has a distinct epidermis, which encloses a series of vascular bundles, each of which contains xylem and pholoem tissue.