11. This is true to some extent of almost all monocots . 12. However, many monocot stems increase in diameter via anomalous secondary growth. 13. Almost all lilioid monocots retain at least three petal-like tepals. 14. They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants with a predominantly African distribution. 15. They are herbaceous monocot perennial flowering plants endemic to Australasia. 16. Dicots greatly outnumber monocots , and they are quite different in many ways. 17. Grass is a monocot , which means a plant with one seed leaf. 18. Within the monocots , Asparagales is the sister group of the commelinid clade. 19. This consisted of a radiation, clades of monocots , magnolids and eudicots. 20. Like many lilioid monocots , it was formerly classified in the family Liliaceae.
