''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from

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and

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to the South American

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and

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with one species reaching the Guayana Highlands of

and

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. ''Monochaetum'' is characterized by its tetramerous flowers, prevailingly dimorphic stamens with dorsally appendiculate

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, capsular fruits that are free from the

hypanthium In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. It ...

, and cochleate seeds.

Selected species

* ''

Monochaetum alpestre ''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru ...

'' Naudin * ''

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'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum amistadense'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum bonplandii'' (

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& Bonpl.) Naudin * '' Monochaetum brachyurum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum calcarutum'' (

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) Triana * '' Monochaetum candollei''

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* ''

Monochaetum compactum ''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru ...

'' Almeda * ''

Monochaetum cordatum ''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru ...

'' Almeda * ''

Monochaetum coronatum ''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru ...

'' Gleason * ''

Monochaetum deppeanum ''Monochaetum'' is a neotropical genus of shrubs and subshrubs with about 54 species. It occurs in warm temperate to tropical montane habitats from Mexico and Central America to the South American Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru ...

'' (

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) Naudin * '' Monochaetum dicranantherum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum discolor'' H. Karst. ex Triana * '' Monochaetum exaltatum'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum floribundum'' (Schltdl.) Naudin * '' Monochaetum glanduliferum'' Triana * '' Monochaetum gleasonianum'' Wurdack * '' Monochaetum hartwegianum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum hirtum'' ( H. Karst.) Triana ex Cogn. * '' Monochaetum humboldtianum'' Kunth ex

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* '' Monochaetum jahnii'' Pittier * '' Monochaetum latifolium'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum linearifolium'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum lineatum'' (

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) Naudin * '' Monochaetum macrantherum'' Gleason * '' Monochaetum mariae'' Wurdack * '' Monochaetum meridense'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum multiflorum'' (Bonpl.) Naudin * '' Monochaetum myrtoideum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum neglectum'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum pauciflorum'' Triana * '' Monochaetum polyneuron'' Triana * '' Monochaetum pulchrum''

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* '' Monochaetum rodriguezii'' Wurdack * '' Monochaetum rubescens'' Gleason * '' Monochaetum stellulatum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum subditivum'' J.F. Macbr. * '' Monochaetum subglabrum'' Gleason * '' Monochaetum tachirense'' Wurdack * '' Monochaetum talamancense'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum tenellum'' Naudin * '' Monochaetum trichophyllum'' Almeda * '' Monochaetum uberrimum'' * '' Monochaetum vestitum'' Almeda, Al. Rodr. & Garita * '' Monochaetum villosum'' Gleason * '' Monochaetum vulcanicum'' Cogn.

References

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Melastomataceae of the World
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