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Reticulate venation is found in dicot leaves while in monocot leaves venation is of parallel type . Biology being a Science of exceptions , find out any exception to this generalisation.

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Reticulate venation is a characteristic of dicots and parallel venation is of monocots . But few exceptions are also seen in this generalisation parallel venation is also found in dicot plants e.g. , Calophyllum , corymbium , etc ., and reticulate venation is also found in monocot plants such Alocasia , Smilax , etc.
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  • Reticulate venation is a characteristic of dicots. An exception to this generalisation is

    A
    Calophyllum
    B
    Ficus
    C
    Hibiscus
    D
    Zizyphus.
  • Parallel venation is a characteristic of monocots. Which of the following is an exception to this generalisation ?

    A
    Smilax
    B
    Colocasia
    C
    Alocasia
    D
    All of these
  • The reticulate venation is commonly found in the leaves of

    A
    Monocot plants
    B
    Dicot plants
    C
    Bryophytes
    D
    Thallophytes
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