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Monocots
Monocots are one of the classes of flowering plants, or angiosperms. Monocots have one initial leaf breaking the ground, parallel veins in the leaves and flower parts in threes. The grasses, sedges, lillies and orchids are typical monocots. The APG II has recently recommended splitting the Liliaceae into several smaller groups as shown below.