Ovules enclosed in the carpels
Style and stigma present
Flowers 4-5 merous
Stem woody with central pith
Cotyledons 2
Dicotyledons

Flowers usually 3-merous
Stem without central pith
Woody substances in scattered bundles
Cotyledon 1

Monocotyledons

 
 
 
 
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