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2007-05-01 14:22:01 · 7 answers · asked by mathukauer 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Apple is a dicotyledonous tree.
Support for the statement===Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including the domesticated Orchard Apple, or Table apple as it was formerly called (M. sylvestris domestica.
Classification-Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida ( All dicots )
Order: Rosales (ditto)
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Maloideae
Genus: Malus
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2007-05-04 03:42:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An apple is a dicot! It is in the Rose family of dicot plants (Rosaceae). Examples of a monocot are corn, wheat, rice, irises, lilies, and palm trees.
2007-05-03 17:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by TXgirl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Apples are definitely dicots. Though it's hard to picture taking apart an apple seed into the two cotyledons, it isn't hard to picture an apple tree leaf with its branching veins -- a dicot feature. See an apple leaf here:
http://www.bomengids.nl/zomer2004/pics/Appel__Malus_sylvestris__Appleimg_5413.jpg
Dicot
2007-05-01 15:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm no biology major but this is what I copied and pasted:
Dicot traits--
two cotyledons in their seeds
netted venation in their leaves
petals and sepals in 4s, 5s, or some multiple thereof
vascular bundles in the stem arranged in a radial pattern like spokes of a wheel.
Here is a selection of dicots:
Rosaceae-- roses, APPLES, peaches, strawberries, almonds
Another source stated this:
DICOTYLEDONS, DICOTS:
One of the two major types of flowering plants, or angiosperms. The dicotyledons are so named because sprouting seeds have two primary leaves or cotyledons. Other common features of the dicots are leaves with branching or net veining and flowers with four or five tepals or multiples of these.
Examples of dicotyledons would be roses, most fruit trees such as APPLES, pears, cherries and peaches. (5 petals)
2007-05-01 14:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a monocot.
2007-05-01 14:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Josh S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
apple is definitely a dicot
2007-05-02 02:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is a monocot... im doing this is biology right now.
2007-05-01 14:25:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋