DICOTS

DICOTS!

Monocots VS Dicots
 * Flowering plants have been divided into two major groups. One of the groups being dicotyledonous ( also known as dicots) and Liliopsida ( referred to as monocots).


 * Some examples of monocots are corn, grass, and palm trees. Dicots include oak trees, daisies, and roses.



__//**How do I figure out the difference?**//__
 * There are 5 simple ways to figure out the difference between monocots and dicots.

The Five Signs: 1) Cotyledons 2) Number of Petals 3) Stems 4) Secondary Growth 5) Leaves

**Mono- : ONE** **Di- : TWO** **-Cot: abbreviation for “Cotyledon**”

__//**Monocots**//__
 * Embryo with single cotyledon.
 * Pollen with single furrow or pore.
 * Flower parts in multiples of three
 * Major leaf veins parallel
 * Stem vascular bundles scattered
 * Roots are adventitious.
 * Secondary growth absent



__//**What are Cotyledons?**//__
 * Cotyledons are inside of a plant's seed, and they are the first baby leaves that the newborn plant will have.
 * Once the seed germinates (bursts out of its seed), these cotyledons will be able to soak up the sun and provide energy for the growing plant.

__//**Dicots**//__
 * Embryo with two cotyledons
 * Pollen with three furrows or pores
 * Flower parts in multiples of four or five
 * Major leaf veins reticulated
 * Stem vascular bundles in a ring
 * Roots develop from radical
 * Secondary growth often present



Dicots undergo a process of germination in which they produce two seed leaves. The seed leaves contain the food for the growing plant and usually these leaves maintain a completely difference appearance than the leaves that the plant originally has after growing.

__//**Stem and Roots**//__
 * The usual texture of the stem of the Dicots is rough.
 * Grow wider each year and are branched.
 * Sometimes have stipules at the base of the leaf.
 * The root is usually a single long tap root with smaller roots growing from it.

**__//Flowers//__**
 * The flowers of dicots usually have flower parts in fours or fives. The calyx is a separate ring of sepals under the corolla, and is usually green.



__//**Seedpod**//__
 * Seedpods or the fruit that are produced in dicots vary in size, shape and texture.
 * Seedpods can have any number of chambers.
 * Usually, there is a larger amount of seeds found in the seedpod compared to the amount of seeds found in a monocot seedpod.