Question

What is the other name given to flowering plants? Classify them on the basis of the number of cotyledons present in the seed.

Answer 1

Phanerograms: - These are the plants which bear flowers and seeds. It include two main groups: - Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
Cotyledon is a modified leaf of the embryo in seed-bearing plants, that emerges from a germinating seed. Main purpose of cotyledon is storage or absorption of food reserves.

On the basis of cotyledons , they can be classified into two types :

Monocot: The seeds of these plants have one cotyledon​. These plants have adventitious roots system

Dicot: The seeds of these plants have two cotyledon​. These plants have tap roots​​ system