You are exploring the beach on a tropical island and come across a strange looking plant that washed ashore. It has been at sea for many weeks, but it still has clear features.
You think it may be new to science, so you want to classify it, It has the following five features:
- long leaves with narrow blades (60 x 3 cm)
- parallel veins on the leave
- a taproot
- a short thick stem covered in a tough waxy epidermis
- one cotyledon
Is the plant angiosperm or a gymnosperm? Explain your answer
Based on these five features, explain whether you think it came from a desert island or a tropical rainforest jungle.
You think it may be new to science, so you want to classify it, It has the following five features:
- long leaves with narrow blades (60 x 3 cm)
- parallel veins on the leave
- a taproot
- a short thick stem covered in a tough waxy epidermis
- one cotyledon
Is the plant angiosperm or a gymnosperm? Explain your answer
Based on these five features, explain whether you think it came from a desert island or a tropical rainforest jungle.
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see its an angiospermic plant and it is a mono cot which is a sub type of angiospremic plant and it is a desert plant because the tough waxy epidemal cells are there in desert plant only!! The epidermis serves several functions, it protects against water loss, regulates gas exchange, secretes metabolic compounds, and (especially in roots) absorbs water and mineral nutrients. Woody stems and some other stem structures produce a secondary covering called the periderm that replaces the epidermis as the protective covering. An angiospermic plant has a taproot !!
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If you have a monocot (one cotyledon), you are talking about an angiosperm. Parallel veins confirm this. Waxy structures are indicative of dry ares and large leaves with high sunlight. This is consistent with a desert plant.