The cladistic principle of monophyly would suggest that: Select one: a. All apes are hominins. b. Outgroups are unhelpful in deciding what species constitute natural groups. c. Birds are reptiles. d. Species boundaries are fuzzy. e. None of the above is correct.

c. Birds are reptiles

Explanation:

Phylogeny studies the bonds among the members of a group. The monophyletic groups include the common ancestor and all the descendants. The paraphyletic groups include the ancestor and only a few descendants (not all of them). And the polyphyletic groups include descendants that do not share the same ancestor.    

In the exposed example, option C -Birds are reptiles- is the one that describes a monophyletic group. Dinosaurs are reptiles, and birds evolved from them. So, according to the cladistic principle, dinosaurs are the common ancestors of all reptiles, and birds are one of the descendants. The group reptilia include the dinosaurs and all their descendants, and reptilia would not be a monophyletic group unless they include birds among them. As birds evolved from dinosaurs, they are reptiles.

answer: angiosperms

dicots

angiosperms are highly evolved plants, they produce seeds which are enclosed within in a carple. these are the largest group of plants on earth. they include trees, shrubs, herbs and small flowering plants. angiosperms exhibit a flowering stage in their life cycle. the flower serves the function of reproduction and fruit formation in majority of angiosperms. dicot is the term used to describe flowering plants that have two seed leaves. dicots are plants which develop seeds which split into two parts called cotyledons. each cotyledon contains one embryo.

here, a small purple flower development indicates that the plant belongs to angiosperms and having two embryonic leaves indicates it belongs to dicots.