1 / 10

Monocots

Monocots. By Josh Monaghan and Andrew Morriss. Phylum. The monocots belong to the Anthophyta phylum. Most recovered fossils are from the Cretaceous but they can’t be definitively placed in any one group. Biome and habitat.

kasia
Download Presentation

Monocots

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Monocots By Josh Monaghan and Andrew Morriss

  2. Phylum • The monocots belong to the Anthophyta phylum. • Most recovered fossils are from the Cretaceous but they can’t be definitively placed in any one group.

  3. Biome and habitat • The monocots are all over, they live in all types of habitats. They are too diverse to be grouped into one microhabitat or biome.

  4. Pineapples • The leaves of the pineapple are parrallel-veined. • It also has 1 cotyledon • It’s root system is adventitious

  5. Benefits • Monocots are very important for our economy. Corn, rice, wheat, barley, bananas, pineapples, and sugar cane all come from monocots.

  6. Species Triticum Dicoccon Lilium Nymphaea

  7. Characteristics • They have 1 Cotyledon • Have parallel-veined leaves • Primary vascular bundles are scattered • Pollen monosulcate • Root system is adventitious • Floral parts are in 3’s • Fewer than 10% of its species are woody.

  8. Diversity • There are about 80,000 species of monocots. • They are very diverse, ranging from corn and rice to palms, lilies, grasses.

  9. Bibliography • (2009). Kansas State. Retrieved April 9, 2009 from Kansas State University. http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/fieldday/kids/pictures/kidsfield600/cg_wheat_closeup.jpg. • (2009). Monocots vs. Dicots. Retrieved April 11, 2009 from Texas A&M University. http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/201Manhart/mono.vs.di/monosvsdi.html. • (2009). 2009 Pond Plants. Retrieved April 9, 2009 from . http://www.pondplants1.com/index.htm. • (2009). The Monocots. Retrieved April 11, 2009 from University of California-Berkely. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/monocots.

More Related