Three Main Parts of a Plant and Differences between Eudicots and Monocots - Coursework Example

Three Main Parts of a Plant and Differences between Eudicots and Monocots Teacher: Main Parts of the Plant The three main parts of a plant are its root, stem and leaves. Every plant has two main systems a root system and a shoot system, a root system consists of roots and branch roots and the shoot system contains stem, branches and leaves. Roots are responsible of providing the plant with water and other minerals contained by the soil. It also anchors the plants and holds the plant to ground.

Stem has the responsibility to transport water minerals from roots to the leaves and branches and food and oxygen from leaves to other parts. Leaves carry the responsibility of making food for the plants through the process of photosynthesis. Plant can make its food by itself combining carbon-dioxide and sunlight by the process of photosynthesis. The vegetative parts of a plant are root, stem and leaves but flowers, fruits and seeds are its reproductive organs. Difference between Monocot and Eudicot Plants Flowering plants produce seeds of two basic types, monocots and eudicots.

There are many differences between the Monocots and eudicots. In monocots there is only one cotyledon in the seed but in eudicot plants the seed has two cotyledons. In monocot plants the root xylem and phloem are distributed in a ring while in eudicots root phloem is the xylem. In monocots the vascular tissues are there in the stem in a scattered form but eudicots have its vascular tissues distinctly arranged. Leaves veins in monocot plants are formed in a parallel pattern while eudicots have a leave veins in a net shape.

The monocots there are three or multiple of three flowering parts but eudicots have four, five or multiple of four and five flowering parts. There is only one pollen aperture but eudicots have two. Mostly grass family contains Monocot plants and trees like palm trees are eudicot plants. References Mader, Sylvia S. (2010). Chapter 24: Outline. 10th Ed. Retrieved on 2nd March 2011 from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007352543x/student_view0/chapter24/chapter_outline.html