Monocot/Dicot
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- Subject: Monocot/Dicot
- From: D* M*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:18:53 -0600
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><< Daylilies are monocots. Grasses are monocots.
> >>
>
>What's a monocot?
>
>Joanie
>Chicago area
Joanie...
This is a generalization, but it will do for now. Inside each seed,
there are either one or two structures called cotyledons, which store
the energy for the emerging seed. These are often called "seed
leaves" and may emerge with the germinating seed (like the ones that
you see with beans and squash), or may remain underground, like corn.
Plants having only one cotyledon are called monocots and include all
of the grasses, sedges, bananas, lilies, aroids, bromeliads, irids,
cannas orchids and palms.
Monocots are also distinguished by parallel veining in the leaves and
they lack cambium tissue common to dicots , because of this, few
monocots (with the exception of the palms) are tall trees.
--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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