Classifying Plants

• Ferns:

  • Do not produce flowers
  • They are plants with roots, stems and leaves
  • Have leaves called fronds
  • Reproduce by spores
• Flowering plants:

  • They are plants with roots, stems and leaves
  • Reproduce sexually by means of flowers and seeds
  • Seeds are produced inside the ovary in the flower
• Monocotyledons have:

  • One cotyledon
  • Parallel veins
  • Fibrous root
  • Floral parts in 3s
• Dicotyledons have:

  • Two cotyledons
  • Veins netlike
  • Taproot present
  • Floral parts in 4s or 5s