Monopsis (Campanulaceae)

Taxonavigation

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

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)

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)

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.

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.

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.

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