How can you tell if a plant is a monocot?

Answer 1

Flower parts of monocot's (petals, anthers etc.) are always in multiples of three i.e. 3, 6, 9 petals.

Dicots, floral parts in multiples of 4 or 5. i.e. 4, 8, 12 or 5, 10, 15

Dicots have a separate calyx surrounding the petals, where as monocots have have the calyx fused to the base of the petals.

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Answer 2

There is on cotyledon in the seed, there is no woody growth and the leaves are veined instead of spider-like as the dicot is. There is a difference in the arrangement of the vascular tissue also.

Answer 3

This can be done by simply looking at the leaf structures espencialy the arrangement of veins.If the veins are have a parallel arrangement (parallel veination) the flower is monocot and if the veins are in a network then the flower is a dicot

Answer 4

You can tell if a plant is a monocot by looking at its seed structure. Monocots have seeds with only one cotyledon (seed leaf) and their veins in the leaves are usually parallel. Additionally, monocots typically have fibrous root systems.

Answer 5

If the embryo inside the seed has two cotyledons it is a dicot seed. If it has scutellum and plenty of endosperm it is a monocot seed.