| MONOCOTYLEDONES Liliopsida |
Monocots start with one embryo seed-leaf.
Leaves: The veins of their leaves are unbranched and nearly parallel to each other.
Flowers: The flower parts in monocots are multiples of three while in Eudicots (dicots) are multiples of four or five.
Stems: In monocots, the stem vascular bundles are scattered, while in Eudicots (dicots) they are in a ring.
Roots: The roots are adventitious in monocots, while in dicots they develop from the radicle.
species 30,000
clade monocots :
order Acorales
order Alismatales
Order Alismatales
Class Lilopsida
subclass Liliidae
subclass Lilianae
order Asparagales 
Order ASPARAGALES
order Dioscoreales
order Liliales
Order Liliales
order Pandanales
Order PANDANA
clade commelinids:
order Arecales
Order Arecales
order Commelinales
Order Commelinales
Order Poales
Order POALES
order Zingiberales
Order Zingiberales
