Monolena is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Melastomataceae, consisting of about 15 species distributed from Guatemala to Peru and Acre, Brazil. They are primarily herbs of the wet tropical and cloud forests, often growing as epiphytes, but sometimes on rocks and in riparian zones near mountain streams.
| Monolena | |
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| Monolena primuliflora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Monolena Triana ex Benth. & Hook. f. |
| Species | |
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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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