DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

PLANT CLASSIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the classification of the apple tree?
A
moss
B
fern
C
gymnosperm
D
angiosperm, monocot
E
angiosperm, dicot
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Angiosperms can have two kinds of seeds, monocots or dicots. “Dicots include apple trees, cherry trees, roses, sunflowers and cacti.

Detailed explanation-2: -Angiosperms are a taxonomic class of flowering trees. These trees produce seeds that, when matured, is enclosed in an ovule (usually a fruit). For example, an apple is the mature seed that an angiosperm tree produces.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Apple trees are angiosperms or flowering plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionally, the dicots have been called the Dicotyledones (or Dicotyledoneae), at any rank. If treated as a class, as they are within the Cronquist system, they could be called the Magnoliopsida after the type genus Magnolia.

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