1. Monocot vs. Dicot Flowering Plants

2. IB Assessment Statement
Outline three differences between Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons

4. Angiosperms Angiosperms are plants that produce flower.
More than 80% of all plants are angiosperms.

5. Tow types of Angiosperms
Monocotyledons (monocots)
Dicotyledons (dicots)

6. Monocots and Dicots All monocots and dicots have vascular tissue.
Vascular Tissue are tubes that carry food and water to different parts of the plants:
There are two types of vascular tissue
Phloem – Tubes that carry food from one part of the plant to the other
Xylem – Tubes that carry water from ROOTS to Leaves

7. Monocots Monocots only have one cotyledon.
A cotyledon is a seedling (baby seed) leaf

8. Dicots
Dicotyledon have two cotyledon (baby seed leaves)

10. Monocot Stems
Epidermis
Vascular bundles
Vascular bundles (xylem & phloem) are scattered throughout the ground tissue.
Ground tissue
In a monocot, vascular bundles are scattered throughout the stem. Photo Credit: ©Ed Reschke/Peter Arnold, Inc.
Monocot

11. Dicot Stems Dicot Stems
Vascular bundles
Epidermis
Dicot Stems
Dicot stems have vascular bundles arranged in a ringlike pattern.
In a dicot, vascular bundles are arranged in a ring. Photo Credit: ©Ed Reschke/Peter Arnold, Inc.
Cortex
Pith
Dicot

12. Leaf Veins of Monocots and Dicots

13. ROOTS Monocots and Dicots
Fibrous roots
Dicot
Tap root