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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