Question

Describe and explain some specific ways that you can distinguish between Monocot and Dicot plants (Use at least 3 different distinguishing characteristics within your answer and make sure to indicate what characters) are present in monocots as opposed to dicots.

Answer 1

following are differences between monocot and dicot

Character	Monocot	Dicot
Embryo	With single cotyledon	With two cotyledon
Leaf	Vein are parallel	Veins are reticulated or in mesh like network form.
Stem	Stem vascular bundles are scattered	Vascular bundles in ring
Root	Adventitious root system	Tap root system
Flower	Have parts in multiplies of three	Have parts in multiplies of four or five
starch sheath	absent	present
pericycle	absent	present
pith	absent	present
phloem	absent	present
example	Rice, Maize	sunflower, pulses