Example of Monocot

Palm Trees

The palm tree is an exception to the rule when it comes to

monocot plants. Most monocots cannot grow as large and
tall as palm trees do because they lack secondary
growth—the growth of wood and bark—limiting most
monocots to be herbaceous. However, palm trees have
circumvented this issue by utilizing their vascular bundles and
the lignin within them to create a more firm stem. Palm
stems are also thickened by parenchymal cells that surround
the vascular bundles, providing even more support for a tall
tree-form.

Still, one clearly observable characteristic of a palm tree that

identifies it as a monocot is the leaf of the tree. The leaves of
a palm tree are long and strap-like, with major veins
running parallel to one another.

Lillies

Probably one of the easiest of all plants to identify as

monocots is the lily because it fits the bill for all monocot
characteristics. The flowers of most lilies are obvious and
trimerous as all three pedals are usually identical in size and
shape, the roots are adventitious, it is small and herbaceous,
and begins with a single cotyledon.
However, some lilies have developed different petal and
flowering structures with may be confusing when trying to
classify them as either monocots or dicots. The flowers can
come in many different shapes like trumpets, funnels, cups,
bells, or even flat shapes. For instance, the flowers of a peace
lily is born in clusters on a stem called a spadix, which doesn’t
look like your typical flower cluster. A common
misconception about the peace lily is that it has just one petal.
What most people mistake for the petal is actually a
specialized leaf called a spathe. The true flowers on the spadix
are, indeed, trimerous.

Orchids

Similar to the lily, the primary characteristic of orchids that

identify them as monocots is the flower. The petals of orchid
flowers are clearly trimerous; however, some morphological
features distinguishes the orchids from other monocots. Of
the petals that grow in multiples of three, one petal has
evolved to become a lip, a specialized landing platform for
the pollinator. So, in the case of orchids, not all three flower
petals look alike, which may be confusing when looking for
identifying characteristics of monocots. Also, while the orchid
does begin with three stigmatic lobes as is typical with most
monocots, they are later fused together, with just a few faint
lines to implicate its trimerous structure.
Bananas

Often incorrectly thought of as a tree, the banana plant is

actually a monocot and is closely related to the grass family.
As is typical with monocots, banana plants do not have
secondary growth; they die down regularly after the banana
plant has produced its fruits. The banana fruit even grow in
parts of three (tri-locular, having three segments) and have
leaves with the familiar pattern of parallel veins.