Monocotyledonae

Monocotyledonae

"The monocots. Flower parts are usually in threes; leaf venation is usually parallel; true secondary growth is not present; there is one cotyledon; vascular bundles in the stem are scattered; the pollen is basically monocolpate. There are about 60,000 species."
Biology of Plants, p. 660, Appendix C, ©1970, Worth Publishers, Inc., Peter H. Raven, Helena Curtis, Stanford University

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Traditional classification system based on cotyledons. See dicotyledon.
Kingdom	Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom	Viridaeplantae – green plants
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants
Infradivision	Angiospermae – flowering plants, angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons
Direct Children:
Order	Acorales
Order	Alismatales
Order	Arecales
Order	Asparagales
Order	Commelinales
Order	Dasypogonales
Order	Dioscoreales
Order	Liliales
Order	Pandanales
Order	Petrosaviales
Order	Poales
Order	Zingiberales

References and Further Reading

Biology of Plants, p. 660, Appendix C, ©1970, Worth Publishers, Inc., Peter H. Raven, Helena Curtis, Stanford University

Lilianae, Taxonomic Serial No.: 846542

Also see Zoology Quest: Dicotyledon