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Detail of a wheat embryo (a monocot):
Legend:
1 endosperm
3 coleoptile
4 plumule
5 apical meristem
2 scutellum
6 radicle
English name: Wheat
Scientific name: Triticum aestivum
Familia: Gramineae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
the reserve of nutrients in the endosperm is transported to the embryo through the scutellum
