Dicot Plants

For help in science you can always refer my posts.In this post we will learn about dicot plants and its characteristics. Dicot plants differ in structures of their seeds, foliage and flowers, from the monocotyledons. Let's study the characteristics of dicot plants in detail.

 

Seed
The most important difference between the monocots and dicots is the number of embryonic leaves, or cotyledons. There are two cotyledons in the seeds of dicot plants that actually emerge above the soil, when the seed germinates. They then turn green and form the first two leaves of the new plant.

Leaves
The leaves of the dicot plants have veins that form a branched pattern, unlike monocots, in which they run parallel. The veins are actually netted or webbed on the whole surface of the leaf, in dicot plants.

Vascular Structure
The stems of dicot plants have vascular bundles, consisting of two structures, the xylem and the phloem.

Flowers
The flower parts of dicot plants are usually present in fours or fives. Sometimes, they are found in multiples of either numbers. These flower parts include petals, sepals and pistils, or the reproductive parts of the plant.

Roots
The dicot root are often fibrous and branched.

Some good examples of dicot plants are potatoes, tomatoes,beans etc.