Table of Contents »
Species Index
By Common Name
By Scientific Name
Plant Groups
Monocots
Free Petal Dicots
United Petal Dicots
Ethnobotany
Habitat
Taxonomy
Wildflower Conservation
Wildflower Gardening
Quiz Pages
Reference
Sources
Citation Numbers
MONOCOTS
Flower parts usually in multiples of three.
Pollen with single furrow or pore, monoaperturate.
Embryo with single cotyledon.
Major leaf veins parallel
Stem vascular bundles scattered
Roots are adventitious
Secondary growth absent.
Alismataceae
Amaryllidaceae
Araceae
Commelinaceace
Dioscoreacea
Iridaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae