dicots
Broadleaf flowering plants
Dicots are flowering plants whose seeds contain two embryonic leaves, or cotyledons.
The group includes most familiar trees, shrubs, and garden plants—oaks, roses, beans, sunflowers.
Dicots typically have leaves with netted veins and flower parts in multiples of four or five.
The term contrasts with monocots, which have single-leafed seeds: grasses, lilies, palms.
Plants producing covered seeds
- cotyledonsEmbryonic plant's first leaves
- taprootMain descending root
- vascularOf blood vessels
- broadleafWide-leafed plant type
germination · seedling · endosperm · petiole · stomata · xylem · phloem · perennial
Quercus genus member
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
- elmGenus Ulmus tree
- beechSmooth-barked deciduous hardwood
- poplarFast-growing deciduous timber
sycamore · willow · birch · hickory · chestnut · ash · basswood · cottonwood
Plants producing covered seeds
- monocotsOne-cotyledon flowering plants
- gymnospermsSeed plants lacking ovaries
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
taxonomy · species · family · genus · order · clade · monophyletic · morphology
Equal halves along midline
- radial symmetryArrangement around central axis
- petalsColored bloom segments
- sepalsOuter whorl protecting buds
- stamensPollen-bearing flower organs
pistil · calyx · corolla · pollen · ovary · receptacle · inflorescence
angiosperms
Plants producing covered seeds
- cotyledonsEmbryonic plant's first leaves
- taprootMain descending root
- vascularOf blood vessels
broadleaf · germination · seedling · endosperm · petiole · stomata · xylem · phloem · perennial · deciduous
oak
Quercus genus member
poplar · sycamore · willow · birch · hickory · chestnut · ash · basswood · cottonwood · alder
angiosperms
Plants producing covered seeds
- monocotsOne-cotyledon flowering plants
- gymnospermsSeed plants lacking ovaries
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
phylogeny · taxonomy · species · family · genus · order · clade · monophyletic · morphology · systematics
bilateral symmetry
Equal halves along midline
- radial symmetryArrangement around central axis
- petalsColored bloom segments
- sepalsOuter whorl protecting buds
stamens · pistil · calyx · corolla · pollen · ovary · receptacle · inflorescence
- Cladesmammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects
- plant groupsangiosperms, gymnosperms, monocots, flowering plants, seed plants
- plant taxonomykingdom, phylum, class, genus, species
- flowering plantsroses, rose bush, daisies, tulips, tulip
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum