| Monsonia | |
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| Monsonia emarginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Monsonia L. |
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.
Description
[edit]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.
Taxonomy
[edit]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.
Distribution
[edit]Distributed in Africa, Western Asia and East India, approximately 40 species, approximately 21 in South Africa.[2][3]
Gallery
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Monsonia attenuata -
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Monsonia praemorsa seeds. -
Monsonia angustifolia seeds.
References
[edit]- ^ "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
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