alleryStart learning →Recent APG studies show that monocots form a clade, but dicots are
Aparaphyletic
Bmonophyletic
Cpolyphyletic only
Da single order
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Correct answer: A. paraphyletic
Monocots are monophyletic, while dicots are paraphyletic because the monocots arose from within early dicot lineages.
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