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Narrative
Monocots are a large group of plants usually characterized by having leaves with parallel veins and a seed with a single shell. Most flowers are created with multiples of three. In the older botany texts, the Monocots were considered more primitive than the Dicots. However, many recent authors have placed the Monocots as an offshoot of the primitive Dicots. Here they are placed before the Dicots.
In l951 Lawrence at Cornell published a very detailed plant taxonomy for vascular plants. His taxonomy is very useful as he provided both a detailed explanation and also covered many genera. In the l990s Cronquist published a new plant taxonomy that improved the older taxonomy based on new knowledge. About the same time, Dahlgren published a different taxonomy.
Taxonomy
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Plantae
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Embryophyta
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Seed Plants
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Monocotyledoneae
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Monocot
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References
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| Volume 22 Magnoliophpyta | Ericson, Gwen, R. | This is volume 22 of a series of volumes on the plants of North America. The Flora is a project coordinated from the Missouri Botanical Garden. For most species in Voume 22, there is a series of line drawings, a distribution map, and a description. This voulme includes the Butomales, Najadales, Arales, Commelinales, Juncales, Typhales, Bromeliales, and Zingiberales. |
| Hutchinson Dictionary of Plant Names - Common and Botanical | Bagust, Harold | This small format book contains a cross reference between common and scientific names for many species of plants. |
| Northland Wild Flowers | Moyle, John B. | This is a field guide to the wildflowers of Minnesota and adjoining areas. About 300 speices are pictured with color photographs and described. |
| Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World | Sturtevant | A very old work, but still of good value as it covers most species of plants that are grown for food iln the world. There are 686 pages of text. |
| Adirondack Uploand Flora | Kudish, Michael | This 315 page book is essentially a field guide and environmental guide to the plants of the Adirondack Mountanis of New York State in North America. |
| Wildflowers of the World | Everhard, Barbara | With 192 full color paintings where each painting depicts from two to eight species, this large format 430 page book book gives a good overview of the exotic plants of the world. |
| Perennials - Volume 2 Late Perennials | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners and naturalists in mind. 252 pages in large format with about four color photos per page. |
| Perennials - Volume 1 Early Perennials | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners and naturalists in mind. 240 pages in large format with about four or five color photos per page for a total of 1,250 plants. |
| Vegetables | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners in mind. 270 pages in large format with about two or three color photos per page. |
| Bulbs | Phillips, Roger | Another excellent book in the series with gardeners and naturalists in mind. 255 pages in large format with about four color photos per page. |
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