Question

Differentiate between monocot and dicot with three examples. Draw necessary diagram.

Answer 1

Monocots	Dicots
Plants that have only one cotyledon in seeds are monocots	Plants that have two cotyledons in seeds are dicots
The floral parts are in multiples of three	The floral parts are in multiples of four or five
The pollen tube is monocolpate	The Pollen tube is tricolpate
The leaves have parallel venation	The leaves have reticulate venation
Dorsiventral leaves are present	Isobilateral leaves are present
Stomata are present on both the upper and lower epidermis of leaves	Stomata are more on the lower surface of leaves
The adventitious root system is present	The taproot system is present
Vascular bundles in the stem are scattered.	Vascular bundles in the stem are present in a ring.
Secondary cambium is absent	Secondary Cambium is present
Secondary growth does not occur	Secondary growth occurs dominantly
These are the herbaceous plants	These are both herbaceous and woody plants
Sugarcane, wheat, rice, palm, etc are the examples	Mango, mint, tomato, lettuce etc are the examples.