Monolena
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| Monolena primuliflora | |
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| Genus: | Monolena Triana ex Benth. & Hook. f.
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Monolena is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, consisting of about 15 species distributed from Guatemala to Peru and Acre in Brazil. They are primarily herbs of the wet tropical forest and cloud forest, often growing as epiphytes, but sometimes on rocks within streams.
Accepted species
- Monolena dressleri R.H. Warner
- Monolena grandiloba R.H. Warner
- Monolena guatemalensis Donn. Sm.
- Monolena morleyi R.H. Warner
- Monolena multiflora R.H. Warner
- Monolena panamensis R.H. Warner
- Monolena primuliflora Hook. f.
- Monolena trichopoda R.H. Warner
References
- Genera Plantarum 1: 732, 756. 1867.
- Warner, R. H. 2002. "Systematics of the genus Monolena (Melastomataceae) in Central America". Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 53:95-116.
- The Plant List
- Melastomataceae de Centroamérica
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