Monocots · Botany

Which statement best describes the economic importance of monocots?

  1. They include only mosses and liverworts
  2. They include cereals, sugarcane, palms, and orchids
  3. They are economically unimportant because they lack seeds
  4. They are used only as timber trees
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Correct answer: They include cereals, sugarcane, palms, and orchids

Monocots include many major food, fiber, ornamental, and industrial plants. Cereals, sugarcane, palms, bananas, lilies, orchids, and grasses are all economically important monocots.

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