Monotrema (plant)

Monotrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Rapateaceae
Genus:	Monotrema Körn.
Type species
Monotrema aemulans Körn.[1][2]

Monotrema is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1872.[2][3]

The genus is native to northern South America.[4][5]

species[2][4]

• Monotrema aemulans Körn - Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso)
• Monotrema × affine Maguire - Venezuela (Amazonas)
• Monotrema arthrophyllum (Seub.) Maguire - Colombia (Vaupés, Caquetá)
• Monotrema bracteatum Maguire - Colombia (Guainía), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
• Monotrema xyridoides Gleason - Venezuela (Amazonas), Colombia (Caquetá), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)

References

1. lectotype designated by Maguire, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 46 (1958).
2. Tropicos, Monotrema Körn.
3. Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 475-480 in Latin
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584