| Monochaetum | |
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| Monochaetum lineatum | |
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| Monochaetum floribundum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Monochaetum (DC.) Naudin[1] |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Monochaetum is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species.[1] It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru with one species reaching the Guayana Highlands of Venezuela and Guyana.[2]
Monochaetum is characterized by its tetramerous flowers, prevailingly dimorphic stamens with dorsally appendiculate anthers, capsular fruits that are free from the hypanthium, and cochleate seeds.[jargon][3]
- ^ a b c POWO (2024). "Monochaetum (DC.) Naudin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ Almeda, Frank (Winter 1978). "Systematics of the Genus Monochaetum (Melastomataceae) in Mexico and Central America". University of California Publications in Botany. 75 (4): 402. doi:10.2307/2418751. JSTOR 2418751.
- ^ Almeda, Frank (2009). Davidse, G.; Sousa-Sanchez, M.; Knapp, S.; Chiang, F. (eds.). "Melastomataceae". Flora Mesoamericana. 4: 164–338.