Please help me-Why is Monocots considered superior to Dicots

[kathywilliams]

Hi,

I require help on this question, please...

Why is Monocots considered superior to Dicots????. Thanks in advance

[AstusAleator]

They are?
If we're talking about evolutionary precedence, they evolved before dicots...
However dicots are more dominant, as far as I know.

[Cristgonz]

mmmh.. why do you say that monocots are superior to dicots?

it just a name to explain the number of cotiledons on the seed :S.
i know that monocots are the angiosperms and dicots are the magnoliopsidaes.

[MrMistery]

actually angiosperms are divided between magnoliopsida(dicots) and liliopsia(dicots). A more recent clasification divides angiosperms between basal angiosperms, eudicots and monocots.

Now, it is true that monocots are more evolved than dicotes. But you need to understand what "evolved" means. Humans are more evolved than bacteria, but there are still a lot of bacteria around. It's just that humans evolved after bacteria. Same with plants: monocots evolved after dicots.
PS: they are not a way to explain the number of cotyledons of the seed. there are many differences in structure and function between the two.

[Cristgonz]

actually angiosperms are divided between magnoliopsida(dicots) and liliopsia(dicots). A more recent clasification divides angiosperms between basal angiosperms, eudicots and monocots.

Now, it is true that monocots are more evolved than dicotes. But you need to understand what "evolved" means. Humans are more evolved than bacteria, but there are still a lot of bacteria around. It's just that humans evolved after bacteria. Same with plants: monocots evolved after dicots.
PS: they are not a way to explain the number of cotyledons of the seed. there are many differences in structure and function between the two.

yes, but the name is in agreement to the number of cotyledons, mono = 1, di = 2.
XD

[MrMistery]

True, at the origin. Because they had to be named after something(after that it was decided that it is proper to name things after an organism. hence magnoliopsida and liliopsida). But they cary a muuuuch bigger significance than "just a name to explain the number of cotiledons on the seed".