Question

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.

Answer 1

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.