4. Eudicots- the largest group Laurales 2. Magnoliids Magnoliales Piperales Canellales 3. Monocots 1. Basal Angiosperms
Dicot: 2 cotyledons Monocot: 1 cotyledon
Monocot: parallel venation Dicot: net or reticulate venation
Monocot: Adventitious Roots arise from base of plant. The embryonic root dies. Dicot: The embryonic root (radicle) grows into a strong central tap root.
Monocots: scattered vascular bundles [Corn, Zea mays] Dicots: vascular bundles arranged in a ring [Clover, Medicago]
Monocot Pollen is Monosulcate (one long groove)
Rosaceae Polygonaceae Dicots typically have three grooves or pores tricolporate or tricolpate pollen.
Monocots have flower parts in 3’s Dicots have flower parts in 4’s or 5’s