This document discusses the key characteristics of flowering plants. Flowering plants, or angiosperms, are defined as plants that produce flowers. They are divided into two main classes - monocots and dicots - based on whether they have one cotyledon or two. Monocots have a single cotyledon while dicots have two. Flowering plants are also distinguished by their production of flowers, which contain male or female reproductive parts, and their production of fruits, which enclose the seeds.

1. D O N E B Y: R O XA N N E H O I L E T T
Flowering Plants

2. What are flowering plants
A flowering plant is a plant that produces flowers; an
angiosperm.

3. Types of flowering plants
Lotus
Sunflower
Tulips
Marigold
 Lily
Jasmine
 Rose

4. Pictures of flowering
Rose
Lotus

5. Characteristics of a flowering plant
 Single or Multiple Cotyledons
 Produce Flowers
 Produce Fruits

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Single or Multiple Cotyledons
Traditionally, flowering plants are divided into two main
classes--monocots (Liliopsida) and dicots (Magnoliopsida--
depending on the number of cotyledons they contain.
The cotyledon is the part of the seedling first visible when it
grows out of the soil.
This leafy structure is wrapped around the seed and supplies
essential nutrients to it.

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Monocots feature an embryo with a single cotyledon
while dicot flowering plants feature two cotyledons.
It is for this reason monocots are called monocotyledonae
(single cotyledon) and dicots are called dicotyledonae
(two cotyledons).

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Produce Flowers
Flowers, the reproductive organs of all plants, distinguish
flowering plants (angiosperms) from seed plants
(gymnosperms).
Flowers that contain either male or female parts are called
imperfect, while those with both are called perfect flowers.
The stamen is the male reproductive part that is comprised of a
yellow anther that features a sac full of pollen, and the
delicate, long stem it rests on, called the filament.

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The female reproductive part is the pistil that is usually
found in the center of a flower. It is comprised of three
parts--the upper sticky part that catches and traps pollen
is the stigma; the tubular part called style that supports
the stigma; and the lower part that contains the ovule is
called the ovary.
The ovule develops into the seed when fertilized by
pollen grains. Self-pollinating or hermaphroditic plants
contain both male and female flower parts.

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Produce Fruits
Flowering plants bear one or several seeds enclosed in
fruit.
This fructification characteristic distinguishes
angiosperms from gymnosperms--seed plants that produce
seeds that are naked and do not lie within any fruit, such
as fir, pine and spruce trees.

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Angiosperms are comprised of the largest majority of
plants that bear seeds. Each plant variety of angiosperms
features a different size and shaped fruit which helps
identify and classify the particular species.
These fruits are available in a variety of colors and liven
up the landscape during growing season

13. Features of a dicot and a monocot seed