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  2. Monocotyledon - Wikipedia

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    The monocots or monocotyledons have, as the name implies, a single (mono-) cotyledon, or embryonic leaf, in their seeds.Historically, this feature was used to contrast the monocots with the dicotyledons or dicots which typically have two cotyledons; however, modern research has shown that the dicots are not a natural group, and the term can only be used to indicate all angiosperms that are not ...

  3. Cotyledon - Wikipedia

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    Cotyledon from a Judas-tree (Cercis siliquastrum, a dicot) seedling Comparison of a monocot and dicot sprouting. The visible part of the monocot plant (left) is actually the first true leaf produced from the meristem; the cotyledon itself remains within the seed Schematic of epigeal vs hypogeal germination Peanut seeds split in half, showing the embryos with cotyledons and primordial root Two ...

  4. Monocotyledon reproduction - Wikipedia

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    A solitary bee pollinating an Allium monocot flower. The monocots (or monocotyledons) are one of the two major groups of flowering plants (or Angiosperms), the other being the dicots (or dicotyledons). In order to reproduce they utilize various strategies such as employing forms of asexual reproduction, restricting which individuals they are ...

  5. Dicotyledon - Wikipedia

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    The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), [2] are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, that the seed has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons .

  6. List of commelinid families - Wikipedia

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    The commelinids are a group of 29 interrelated families of flowering plants, named for one of the four included orders, Commelinales. [a] This subgroup of the monocots accounts for most of the global agricultural output; the grass family alone contains the major cereal grains (including rice, wheat, and maize or corn), along with forage grasses, sugar cane, and bamboo.

  7. Seagrass - Wikipedia

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    Monocots are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf or cotyledon. [ 12 ] Terrestrial plants evolved perhaps as early as 450 million years ago from a group of green algae . [ 13 ]

  8. Poaceae - Wikipedia

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    Poaceae (/ p oʊ ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-s i aɪ / poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae (/ ɡ r ə ˈ m ɪ n i. iː,-n i aɪ / grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated ...

  9. Coleoptile - Wikipedia

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    Coleoptile is the pointed protective sheath covering the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as grasses in which few leaf primordia and shoot apex of monocot embryo remain enclosed. The coleoptile protects the first leaf as well as the growing stem in seedlings and eventually, allows the first leaf to emerge. [ 1 ]