Monocotyledons (/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtəˈliːdənz/), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms)...
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The monocots (or monocotyledons) are one of the two major groups of flowering plants (or Angiosperms), the other being the dicots (or dicotyledons). In...
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This page's list covers the monocotyledon plants found in Great Britain and Ireland. This clade includes grasses, lilies, orchids, irises and a wide variety...
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Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli (in 1760): see author...
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pseudopetiole, a petiole like structure. Pseudopetioles occur in some monocotyledons including bananas, palms and bamboos. Stipules may be conspicuous (e...
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aerial portions of the plant. The cotyledon of grasses and many other monocotyledons is a highly modified leaf composed of a scutellum and a coleoptile....
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Dicotyledon (section Comparison with monocotyledons)
within this group. The other group of flowering plants were called monocotyledons (or monocots), typically each having one cotyledon. Historically, these...
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the seed leaves, attached to the embryonic axis. There may be one (Monocotyledons), or two (Dicotyledons). The cotyledons are also the source of nutrients...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 45 species Critically endangered (CR): 5,702 species Endangered (EN): 10,901 species Vulnerable (VU): 9,673 species ...
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treated this as one of six subclasses within the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons). It consisted of the following:[citation needed] subclass Commelinidae...
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