Monotrema (plant)

Monotrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): 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 endemic to northern South America.[4][5]

species[2][4]
  1. Monotrema aemulans Körn - Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso)
  2. Monotrema × affine Maguire - Venezuela (Amazonas)
  3. Monotrema arthrophyllum (Seub.) Maguire - Colombia (Vaupés, Caquetá)
  4. Monotrema bracteatum Maguire - Colombia (Guainía), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
  5. 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. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Monotrema Körn.
  3. ↑ Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 475-480 in Latin
  4. 1 2 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
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