Editing Dicotyledon (section)

==Comparison with monocotyledons==
Aside from [[cotyledon]] number, other broad differences have been noted between [[monocots]] and dicots, although these have proven to be differences primarily between monocots and [[eudicots]]. Many early-diverging dicot groups have monocot characteristics such as scattered [[vascular bundles]], trimerous flowers, and non-tricolpate [[pollen]].<ref name=UCB/> In addition, some monocots have dicot characteristics such as [[Leaf#Venation (arrangement of the veins)|reticulated leaf veins]].<ref name=UCB/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Feature
! In monocots
! In dicots
|-
| Number of parts of each flower
| In threes (flowers are trimerous)
| In fours or fives (tetramerous or pentamerous)
|-
| Number of [[Pollen#Structure|furrows or pores]] in pollen
| One
| Three
|-
| Number of [[cotyledon]]s (leaves in the seed)
| One (Many [[orchids]] are [[acotyledonous]]).
| Two (Some exceptions, including [[Psittacanthus schiedeanus]] with twelve.<ref>{{cite book | last= Kuijt |first= Job | date= 1969 | title= The Biology of Parasitic Plants| location= Berkeley, Calif. | publisher= University of California Press | page= 39 }}</ref>
|-
| Arrangement of vascular bundles in the [[Plant stem|stem]]
| Scattered
| In concentric circles
|-
| Roots
| Are [[adventitious]]
| Develop from the [[radicle]]
|-
| Arrangement of major [[leaf#Veins|leaf veins]]
| [[Parallel (geometry)|Parallel]]
| [[Glossary of botanical terms#reticulate|Reticulate]]
|-
| [[Secondary growth]]
| Absent
| Often present
|-
| [[Stomata]]
| Present on both the upper and lower epidermis of leaves
| More common on the lower epidermis of leaves
|}

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