Monocots and dicots can be differentiated through their morphological and anatomical characteristics.
Characteristic |
Monocot |
Dicot |
Morphology |
|
|
Roots |
Fibrous roots |
Tap roots |
Venation |
Generally parallel venation |
Generally reticulate venation |
Flowers |
Trimerous flowers |
Pentamerous flowers |
Cotyledons in seeds |
One |
Two |
Anatomy |
|
|
No. of vascular bundles in stem |
Numerous |
Generally 2 – 6 |
Cambium |
Absent |
Present |
Leaves |
Isobilateral |
Dorsiventral |
Mention the ploidy of the following:
protonemal cell of a moss;
primary endosperm nucleus in dicot,
leaf cell of a moss;
prothallus cell of a fern;
gemma cell in Marchantia;
meristem cell of monocot,
ovum of a liverwort, and
zygote of a fern.
Which of the following is not correct?
(a) Robert Brown discovered the cell.
(b) Schleiden and Schwann formulated the cell theory.
(c) Virchow explained that cells are formed from pre-existing cells.
(d) A unicellular organism carries out its life activities within a single cell.
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