Monocotyledons Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Wheat – an economically important monocotyledon
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Teep genus
Lilium L.[1]
Orders
alismatid monocots Acorales Alismatales lilioid monocots Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Petrosaviales commelinid monocots Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales
Synonyms
Alternifoliae Bessey[2] Endogenae DC.[3] Lilianae Takht.[4][5] Liliatae Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm.[a][1] Liliidae Takht.[b][5][8] Liliopsida Batsch[9] Monocotyleae Eichler[10] Monocotyledoneae E.Morren ex Mez[11][c] Mononocotyledones

Monocotyledons, kent as monocots an aa, are ane o twa major groups o flouerin plants (or angiosperms) that are tradeetionally recognised, the ither bein dicotyledons, or dicots. Monocot seedlings teepically hae ane cotyledon (seed-leaf), in contrast tae the twae cotyledons teepical o dicots. Monocots hae been recognised at various taxonomic ranks, an unner monie different names. The APG III seestem recognises a clade cried "monocots" but daes nae assign it tae a taxonomic rank.