Monolena

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.

Monolena
Monolena primuliflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Monolena
Triana ex Benth. & Hook. f.
Species

See text

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

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