AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is NOT a characteristic of a monocot plant?
A
parallel veins
B
flowers in multiples of three
C
Fibrous Roots
D
Taproots
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The roots of a monocot lack a vascular cambium (the area of secondary xylem and phloem, or secondary vascular tissue, development) and therefore have no means of secondary thickening.

Detailed explanation-2: -Parallel leaf venation is not a characteristic of all monocots.

Detailed explanation-3: -The monocot stems do not have trichomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cambium is absent in the monocot plants. Thus it is impossible to perform graft in monocot plants.

Detailed explanation-5: -Characteristics of Monocot root Presence of slight walled cells in the epiblema. Nonattendance of fingernail skin and stomata. Unicellular root hairs are present. Presence of section cells and casparian thickenings in the endodermis.

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