1. The Flowering Plants Often called Angiosperms
Phylum Anthophyta
The Flowering Plants
Often called Angiosperms

2. Characteristics of Phylum Anthophyta
Seed enclosed in an ovary
Mature ovary is called a fruit
All have flowers (not all are colorful blossoms – such as corn tassels and catkins of oak trees

3. Two Classes
Monocotyledoneae
“monocots”
Dicotyledoneae
“dicots”

4. Monocots One cotyledon One leaf on embryonic plant Parallel venation
Floral parts in 3’s or 6’s
Fibrous roots

5. Dicots Two cotyledons Two leaves on embryonic plant
Netted leaf venation
Floral parts in 4’s or 5’s or multiples of 4 or 5
Tap root

7. Cotyledons

8. Stem Differences
Dicot Stem
Monocot Stem

9. Dicot

10. Monocot