''Monnina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Polygalaceae
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ''ca''. 900 known species of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one ...
. There are 150 to 200 species distributed throughout the Americas from the United States to Patagonia.
[ Lüdtke, R., Chies, T. T. S., & Miotto, S. T. S. (2009)]
O gênero ''Monnina'' (Polygalaceae) na Região Sul do Brasil.
''Acta Botanica Brasilica'', 23, 175-195. It was named after
José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca
José Moñino y Redondo, 1st Count of Floridablanca (October 21, 1728 – December 30, 1808) was a Spanish statesman. He was the reformist chief minister of King Charles III of Spain, and also served briefly under Charles IV. He was arguably S ...
.
Species include:
* ''
Monnina chimborazeana''
Chodat
* ''
Monnina equatoriensis''
Chodat
* ''
Monnina fosbergii''
Ferreyra
* ''
Monnina haughtii''
Ferreyra
* ''
Monnina loxensis''
Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
* ''
Monnina obovata''
Chodat & Sodiro
* ''
Monnina pseudoaestuans''
Ferreyra & Wurdack
* ''
Monnina sodiroana''
Chodat
References
Fabales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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