Question

Give four anatomical differences between a dicot leaf and monocot leaf.

Answer 1

Dicot leaf	Monocot leaf
(i) Dorsiventral in orientation	(i) Vertically placed
(ii) Upperside darker green than lower	(ii) Both side are equally green
(iii) Stomata are more on lower or abaxial side	(iii) Stomata equally distributed on both sides
(iv) Stomata bounded by kidney guard cells	(iv) Stomata bounded by girdle-shaped guard cells
(v) Mesophyll differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma	(v) Mesophyll undifferentiated
(vi) Reticulate venation	(vi) Parallel venation