1. Plant Classification

2. Learning Objectives
List the main features used in the classification of the following groups:
flowering plants (monocotyledons
eudicotyledons (dicotyledons)

3. Types of plants

4. Ferns
Use spores to reproduce
Never made of wood

5. Moss
Very small and furry looking
Also reproduce with spores

6. Conifers
Big tall trees
Don’t make flowers
Reproduce using cones

7. Flowering plants Make Flowers which are used for reproduction
Can be tall and made of wood

8. Flowering Desert Plants
Palm Tree Cactus

9. Cotyledons
Plants can be described in two different ways, based upon when they break through the soil.
The cotyledons (first ever leaves) are either
one (monocotyledons)
or two (dicotyledons)

10. Flowering plants are classified into two groups:
Monocotyledonous plants 1 cotyledon strap like leaves parallel veins flower parts divisible by 3 example: kaffir lily

11. Flowering plants are classified into two groups:
Dicotyledonous plants 2 cotyledons broad leaves branching veins flower parts divisible by 4 or 5

12. Comparing monocotyledons and dicotyledons:
Feature
monocotyledon
dicotyledon
Number of cotyledons 1 2
Leaf shape
strap like
broad
Vein pattern
parallel
branching
Flower parts divisible by: 3
4 or 5
Example
Kaffir lily
Hibiscus

13. Which plant is a monocotyledon and which is a dicotyledon?