DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
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Question
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If a plant has a flower that has five petals, how would it be classified?
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monocot
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dicot
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cone-bearing plant
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nonvascular plant
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In dicots, the number of petals occurs in groups of four or five. Flowers with multiples of four petals are called tetramerous, while flowers with multiples of five petals are known as pentamerous.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dicots possess flower parts in multiples of four or five. Therefore, a flower with five petals is a dicot.
Detailed explanation-3: -dicotyledon, byname dicot, any member of the flowering plants, or angiosperms, that has a pair of leaves, or cotyledons, in the embryo of the seed. There are about 175, 000 known species of dicots.
Detailed explanation-4: -The sepals and the petals are collectively known as a perianth. A pea flower has 5 petals.
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