Question

A botanist has discovered a new plant species and is trying to classify the plant. Its seed has one cotyledon, it has six flower parts, its leaves have parallel veins, its stem is herbaceous, and the vascular bundles in its stem are scattered throughout the stem. Which best classifies this plant?
gymnosperm and dicot
gymnosperm and monocot
angiosperm and monocot
angiosperm and dicot

Answer 1

angiosperm and monocot

Reason: it has one cotyledon, flower parts in multiples of three (six), parallel-veined leaves, and scattered vascular bundles — all characteristic of monocot angiosperms.