Monopsis (Campanulaceae)

Monopsis unidentata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Campanulaceae
Subfamilia: Lobelioideae
Genus: Monopsis
Species: (15)
M. acrodon – M. alba – M. belliflora – M. debilis – M. decipiens – M. flava – M. kowynensis – M. lutea – M. malvacea – M. scabra – M. simplex – M. stellarioides – M. unidentata – M. variifolia – M. zeyheri

Name

Monopsis Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 37 (1817)

• Type species: Monopsis conspicua Salisb., nom. superfl. = Monopsis speculum (Andrews) A.DC. (= synonym of Monopsis debilis (L.f.) C.Presl)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Rapuntium sect. Monopsis (Salisb.) Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 478. (1903).
• Heterotypic
  • Parastranthus G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 716 (1834)
  • Dobrowskya C.Presl, Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 8 (1836)
  • Mezleria C.Presl, Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 7 (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Western Indian Ocean Comoros. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Salisbury, R.A. 1817. On the cultivation of Monopsis conspicua, a beautiful annual, with a short account of another species of the same genus. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 2: 37–41. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Monopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Monopsis. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Monopsis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 November 20.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Monopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 November 2018.

Vernacular names

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