Plant Classification
Plant Classification
Define what a plant is. Definition: A cotyledon is the first leaf (or one of
Understand how plants are classified based the first leaves) that appears from a seed when it
on flowers (flowering vs non-flowering). starts to grow.
Learn classification based on cotyledons
(monocot vs dicot). Flowering plants (angiosperms) are classified into:
Compare the characteristics of monocots
and dicots. Monocots (one cotyledon)
Dicots (two cotyledons)
1. What is a Plant? (5 mins)
4. Monocot vs Dicot – Comparison Table
🔹 Definition: (with explanation) (6 mins)
Trees, grasses, flowers, mosses, ferns Cotyledon: Acts as food storage for the
growing plant.
2. Classification Based on Flowers (7 Leaf venation: Monocots = straight lines;
mins) Dicots = branching veins.
Roots: Monocots = many small roots;
🔹 1. Flowering Plants (Angiosperms): Dicots = one main thick root.
🔁 Recap Points:
Produce flowers for reproduction
Have seeds enclosed in fruits Plants are classified by whether they have
Most common type of plants flowers and how many cotyledons their
seeds contain.
Examples: Rose, Mango, Sunflower Monocots and dicots differ in leaf pattern,
flower parts, and root structure.
🔹 2. Non-Flowering Plants:
🏠 Homework:
Do not produce flowers
Reproduce using spores or other methods Draw two labeled diagrams: one monocot
Simpler than flowering plants plant and one dicot plant.
Identify 3 monocots and 3 dicots from
Examples: Ferns, Mosses, Algae, Pine trees your surroundings.
(gymnosperms)