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Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons (/ˌmɒnəˌkɒtəˈliːdənz/), commonly referred to as monocots (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal), are flowering plants whose seeds contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. A monocot taxon has been in use for several decades, but with various ranks and under several different names. The APG IV system recognises its monophyly but does not…

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related to Subdivision · 34
Monocotyledon → Alismatanae, Alismatiflorae, Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's, APG, Areciflorae, Ariflorae, Asparagales, Bentham, Bromelianae, Commeliniflorae, Coronariae, Cyclanthanae, Dahlgren, Epigynae, Following Dahlgren's, Gertrud Dahlgren, Glumales, He, Historically, Huber
related to Evolution · 20
Monocotyledon → Alismatales, Aptian, Araceae, At, Bessey, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Eichler, For, In, Late Barremian, New Jersey, Pandanales, Pothoideae-Monstereae Araceae, Ranalean, The, They, Triuridaceae, Upper Cretaceous, With
related to Uses · 16
Monocotyledon → Amaryllidaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Asparagaceae, Bromeliaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Juncaceae, Many, Monocots, Most, Musaceae, Of, Orchidaceae, Other, Zingiberaceae
related to Description · 14
Monocotyledon → Alismatales, Arecales, Asparagales, Dioscoreales, From, Historically, Liliales, Nevertheless, Pandanales, Perennial, Poales, The, With, Zingiberales
related to Modern era · 12
Monocotyledon → Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, Correlation, Cronquist, Monoctyledons, No, Over, The, These, This, This DNA, Thorne
related to Synapomorphies · 7
Monocotyledon → Calcium, Diffuse, Douglas, Fly, Soltis, Successive, The
related to Etymology · 4
Monocotyledon → Latin, Monocotyledoneae, Monocotyledones, The

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monocots plants group two cotyledon monocot leaves also may monocotyledons used leaf number system dicots classification alismatales flowering seed angiosperms

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