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

Monotrema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Rapateaceae
Genus: Monotrema
Körn.
Type species
Monotrema aemulans

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

species[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ lectotype designated by Maguire, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 46 (1958).
  2. ^ a b c Tropicos, Monotrema Körn.
  3. ^ Körnicke, Friedrich August. 1872. Linnaea 37: 475-480 in Latin
  4. ^ a b 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