Scientists have developed the largest ever family tree of a major group of flowering plants called monocots, which could help protect their diversity. Monocots account for a quarter of all ...

Sherwin Carlquist, Monocot Xylem Revisited: New Information, New Paradigms, Botanical Review, Vol. 78, No. 2 (1 June 2012), pp. 87-153 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and ...

SERIES 21 | Episode 16. About a quarter of all flowering plants, about 65,000 species from around the globe are monocots. Included in this group are some of our essential survival staples such as ...