Biology:Monotrema (plant)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Monotrema
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Monotrema
Körn.
Type species
Monotrema aemulans
Körn.[1][2]

Monotrema is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1872.[2][3]

The genus is native to northern South America.[4][5]

species[2][4]
  • Monotrema aemulans Körn - Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso)
  • Monotrema × affine Maguire - Venezuela (Amazonas)
  • Monotrema arthrophyllum (Seub.) Maguire - Colombia (Vaupés, Caquetá)
  • Monotrema bracteatum Maguire - Colombia (Guainía), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
  • Monotrema xyridoides Gleason - Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Caquetá), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)

References

  1. lectotype designated by Maguire, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 46 (1958).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tropicos, Monotrema Körn.
  3. Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 475-480 in Latin
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584

Wikidata ☰ Q3321272 entry