1. Monocots .Vs.Dicots

2. Classification of Plants • Plants are the fundamental building blocks of life on earth. Plants are life forms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. • The scientific study has revealed at least 500,000 species of plants. The types of plants vary in size from microscopic algae, to huge sequoia trees more than 8m (26 ft) tall. • Plant Kingdom is mainly classified into two . This type of plant classification is done according to how they reproduce. • 1) Spore bearing plants ( Algae, mosses, ferns and their relatives)2) Seed bearing plants. (Conifers and flowering plants)

3. The plant kingdom can also be classified on the basis of the presence or absence of conductive (vascular) tissue. • Ferns (pteridophytes), gymnosperms and angiosperms have vascular tissue which transports the nutrients and water through the plant. • Mosses, liverworts, hornworts are non-vascular i.e. they do not have conductive tissue to transport sugar, water and nutrients.

4. Flowers

5. Embryo in seed - Cotyledons Inside is a tiny plant called an embryo. The outer parts of the seeds are called cotyledons. They supply the food for the young plant when it's growing.

6. Leaves Malva              Rosa           Campanula Washingtonia        Clivia          Canna  

7. Vascular Tissue - Stem

8. Root Pattern

9. Fun Facts • About 65,000 monocot species are known worldwide • About 170,000 dicot species are known worldwide • Nearly all our deciduous trees and common flowering bushes and vines are dicots, but nearly all grasses and grasslike things are monocots.

10. Monocot or Dicot?

11. Monocot or Dicot? • The leaves appear to have parallel veins, so there's a vote for "monocot." • However, this flower seems to have only two petals, and that doesn't fit either monocot or dicot. • The main proof is that actually there is a third petal, a much reduced, translucent one at the flower's bottom, so there are also three petals. • Therefore: Monocot.