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The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between Dicots and Monocots.
Difference # Dicots:
1. Dicots are usually two cotyledons.
2. Flowers are generally pentamerous or tetramerous (floral parts in sets of 5 and 4 or their multiples).
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3. Pollen grains commonly have three germ pores.
4. Leaves are net veined or with reticulate venation.
5. Primary root often long lived forming tap root system. Adventitious roots occur in some cases.
6. Stem possesses concentric arrangement of tissue systems— epidermis, cortex, endodermis, perieycle, pith, etc.
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7. Vascular bundles of the stem are arranged in a ring.
8. Vascular bundles of the stem possess cambium (vascular bundles open), so that secondary growth is possible.
9. In root, a pith is absent or small. The vascular bundles are few (8 or less).
10. Vessels are polygonal in outline.
Difference # Monocots:
1. In Monocots the seeds contain one cotyledon.
2. Flowers are usually timorous (floral parts in sets of three or its multiples).
3. Pollen grains generally possess a single germinal furrow.
4. The leaves possess parallel venation with a few exceptions.
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5. Primary root is short-lived. Tap root is absent. Instead adventitious roots are found.
6. Tissue systems are not differentiated in the stem. A ground tissue occurs.
7. Vascular bundles are scattered.
8. A cambium is absent (vascular bundle closed).
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9. In root, a pith is always present. Vascular bundles are many (more than 8).
10. Vessels are rounded in outline.
