Monsonia (original) (raw)
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Genus of flowering plants
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| Monsonia emarginata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | MonsoniaL. |
Monsonia is a genus of plants in the family Geraniaceae. It is named after Lady Anne Monson, 1714–76, known for her botanical knowledge and plant collecting in the Cape.
Monsonia consists of herbs or undershrubs often with simple stem from woody rootstock or deep tap root; leaves toothed or divided; flowers regular, petals 5, separate, tip broad, blunt or slightly notched, stamens in 5 groups with 3 stamens in each, one longer than others, ovary 5 lobed; fruit beaked.
As of July 2020[update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 27 species:[1]
| Monsonia angustifolia E.Mey. ex A.Rich. Monsonia attenuata Harv. Monsonia biflora DC. Monsonia brevirostrata R.Knuth Monsonia burkeana Planch. ex Harv. Monsonia deserticola Dinter ex R.Knuth Monsonia drudeana Schinz Monsonia emarginata (L.f.) L'Hér. Monsonia galpinii Schltr. ex R.Knuth Monsonia glauca R.Knuth Monsonia grandifolia R.Knuth Monsonia heliotropioides (Cav.) Boiss. Monsonia ignea Schinz Monsonia ignorata Merxm. & A.Schreib. | Monsonia lanuginosa R.Knuth Monsonia lavrani (Halda) C.C.Walker Monsonia longipes R.Knuth Monsonia luederitziana Focke & Schinz Monsonia natalensis R.Knuth Monsonia nivea (Decne.) Webb Monsonia parvifolia Schinz Monsonia praemorsa E.Mey. ex R.Knuth Monsonia senegalensis Guill. & Perr. Monsonia speciosa L. Monsonia transvaalensis R.Knuth Monsonia trilobata Kers Monsonia umbellata Harv. |
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Distributed in Africa, Western Asia and East India, approximately 40 species, approximately 21 in South Africa.[2][3]
Monsonia attenuata
Monsonia umbellata
Monsonia praemorsa seeds.
Monsonia angustifolia seeds.
- ^ "Plants of the world online". Royal Botanic gardens, Kew.
- ^ A Field Guide to Wild Flowers Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Region by Elsa Pooley, Natal Flora Publications Trust, first edition 1998, ISBN 0-620-21500-3
- ^ wild Flowers of Niorthern South Africa by Gerrit Germishuizen, Fernwood Press 1997, ISBN 1-874950-29-6