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Is a pine tree a monocot or dicot?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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7y ago

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it's dicotyledon.

--> No! Pine is a gymnosperm ("naked seed"; no ovary), and thus the terms dicotyledon (dicot or eudicot) and monocotyledon (monocot) do not apply to conifers like Pine. The terms "monocotyledon" and "dicotyledon" (or more accurately "eudicot") only apply to the angiosperms (flowering plants containing ovaries/"vessels"). Pine is NOT an angiosperm, thus this these terms DO NOT apply to Pine (or any other conifers).

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7y ago

Pines tress are multicotyledonous they have from 2 to 24 cotyledons forming a whorl at the top of the embryonic stem.

For example Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) seedlings have 5-9 cotyledons and Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) 7-13.

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Pine trees are gymnosperms and have varying numbers of cotyledons that can range anywhere from 2-24 depending on species, so they are classified as multicotyledonous.

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12y ago

Dicot

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