Dicot root Monocot root
Epidermis Pith
Xylem
Phloem
Cortex:
Pericycle
Endodermis
‘Monocots Disots
in the seed theres one cosyledon | Inthe seed there two cotyledons
“The Teaver have parallel ves “Te eaves have branched ves
Towers ORGE Ta MURS OFEATee | FoWarS OREN i MULNPIES oF OUTOT VE
Vascular bundles satterel Uroughout | Vascular bundles arrangedin a cle
Fibrous Foo TaprootMonocots Dicots
Leaves Major veins on the leafare | Veins are reticulated
parallel
Seeds Have one seed Have two seeds
Roots In unusual places Develop at the radicle
Flowers Multiples in three Multiples of four or five
Stems Bundles are scattered Bundles are in a ring
Examples Corn Seed Bean Seed
ach Va
collate
1 are open
lar bundle is enjoin, collateral or
cose
‘ach Vascular bundle is conjoint, collateral and
Phloem peranchyma are present
Phloem parenchymas are absent
‘Bundle sheath ivabsent
completly surrounding the vascul
‘Bundle sheath is developed either partly oF
nde
‘Nowater containing cavity is present,
Water containing exvty i present
‘Vascular bundles are arranged in ring
Vasular bunds
sealtered in ground tissues
CHARACTERS picot stew monocot sTEM
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1
a) Taenomes Present
b) Cuticle Present
2. Hypedermis
3. Groune tissue | pitteren
4 vaseutar bundles
Eight
In the form of a broken ring
Present
8. xylem vessels Many
up of eollenchyma
ted inte cortex,
mis, porieyelo,
1° Conjoint, collatral and open
with endaren xylem
,otoxylem ang meta-
Is in
Unditferentiated
ys and pith
Numerous
(only two
ich bundle vessels in
toxylom
on bundle
ade up of scierenenyma
‘closed with endsreh xylemCharacters
Dicot leaf
Monocat leat
1, Nature oF Typleally dorsi-ventral | Typically Iso-bilateral
orientation
2, Stomate Hynostomatic Amn histomatic
3.Motor cells | Absent Present in the upp
epidermis
4. Mesophyll| Difforontiated into Undifferentiated
polisade and sponay
parenchyma
5. Veins Irregularly