Plant Classification
Biology: Cambridge International GCSE Supplement, topic 1.3.5
Plant Classification
Plants can be categorised into ferns and flowering plants. Flowering plants can be further divided into monocotyledons and dicotyledons.
Ferns
- Ferns don't have flowers or seeds, and reproduce asexually using spores.
Flowering plants
- Flowering plants can reproduce asexually or sexually.
- They may produce seeds in their ovaries.
- Flowering plants can be divided further depending on their cotyledons (seed leaves).
Monocotyledons
- Monocotyledons have one seed leaf, and long thin leaves, with leaf veins that run parallel to the leaves.
- Grasses are monocotyledons.
Dicotyledons
- Dicotyledons have two seed leaves, and broad flat leaves, with leaf veins that branch across the leaves.
- Roses are dicotyledons.
Test yourself on Plant Classification
Roses are an example of which plant group?