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Monocotyledones (sometimes written as Monocotyledonae) is the traditional botanical name for what is popularly knowns as monocots, a very important group of flowering plants. Another botanical name for the same group is Liliopsida. Both names are allowed although the ICBN prefers Monocotyledones. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature is the set of rules according to which plants are given their formal botanical names (scientific names). ...

A popular misconception is that monocots would have one cotyledon, while the dicots (Dictotyledones) would have two cotyledons. Dictotyledones (sometimes written as Dicotyledonae ) is the traditional botanical name for what is popularly known as dicots. ...