List any three differences between the leaves of the dicot and monocot?

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Also can you guys help me out with this one: State three ways in which the distribution of tissues in the transverse section of root differs from that of the stem.
So far I said that it differs by where the:
•transverse section of root exposes a clear view of the xylem and phloem vessels in the plant but the stem does not show this clear picture they are grouped into vascular bundles.
•transverse section of root the transverse section of stem distributes the xylem and phloem into conducting bundles.

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(in terms of the transverse section as seen through a microscope(lily/corn - monocot, hibiscus/prunus - dicot))

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1. Leaf venation patterns: parallel veined leaves are characteristic of monocots; reticulate venation is characteristic of dicots.
2. Meristematic activity: dicot leaves show apical growth, followed by growth of the leaf margins and lamina. monocot leaves grow by intercalary growth which lasts longest at the base of the leaf blade
3. Most dicots have a palisade arrangement of mesophyll tissues. Monocots either have a uniform mesophyll or one in which the photosynthetic parenchyma are distributed like spokes on a wheel around the vascular bundles (Krantz anatomy).

State three ways in which the distribution of tissues in the transverse section of root differs from that of the stem.

1. a stem does not have a root cap.
2. a stem does not have root hairs
3. a root does not have lateral buds

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http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/web…

General Botany textbook