- Family: Campanulaceae Juss.
Monopsis Salisb.
[FTEA]
Lobeliaceae, Mats Thulin (University of Uppsala). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1984
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers resupinate or not, in racemes or solitary in leaf-axils, pedicellate or sessile; bracteoles conspicuous, resembling small leaves (in all tropical African species), or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla split to the base on the back (or on the lower side in non-resupinate flowers), 2-lipped to subregular, the lower lip (or the upper one in non-resupinate flowers), 3-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5; filaments connate in upper part or almost free from each other, usually attached to the corolla-tube at the base; anthers united into a tube, all of them penicillate at the tip, the 2 lateral ones somewhat longer than the others and with shorter hairs at the tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary inferior or almost so, 2-locular; stigma-lobes linear, becoming revolute and with a ring of hairs present on the style below them
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit dehiscing by 2 apical valves or ± indehiscent; seeds numerous, usually reticulate.
[FZ]
Lobeliaceae, M. Thulin. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, opposite or verticillate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers resupinate or not, in racemes or solitary in leaf axils, pedicellate or sessile; bracteoles conspicuous resembling small leaves (in all tropical African species), or absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5–lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla split to the base on the back (or on the lower side in non–resupinate flowers), 2–lipped to subregular, the lower lip (or the upper one in non–resupinate flowers) 3–lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5; filaments connate in upper part or almost free from each other, usually attached to the corolla–tube at the base; anthers united into a tube, all of them penicillate at the tip, the two lateral ones somewhat longer than the others and with shorter hairs at the tip.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary inferior or almost so, 2–locular; stigma–lobes linear, becoming revolute and with a ring of hairs present on the style below them.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit dehiscing by 2 apical valves or ± indehiscent; seeds numerous, usually reticulate.
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
- Monopsis acrodon E.Wimm.
- Monopsis alba Phillipson
- Monopsis belliflora E.Wimm.
- Monopsis debilis (L.f.) C.Presl
- Monopsis decipiens (Sond.) Thulin
- Monopsis flava (C.Presl) E.Wimm.
- Monopsis kowynensis E.Wimm.
- Monopsis lutea (L.) Urb.
- Monopsis malvacea E.Wimm.
- Monopsis scabra (Thunb.) Urb.
- Monopsis simplex (L.) E.Wimm.
- Monopsis stellarioides (C.Presl) Urb.
- Monopsis unidentata (Dryand.) E.Wimm.
- Monopsis variifolia (Sims) Urb.
- Monopsis zeyheri (Sond.) Thulin
Monopsis Salisb. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 37 (1817)
Accepted by
- Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- E. Wimm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4, 276b, Campanulac.-Lobelioid.: 698 (1953).
- in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 2: 37 (1817)
Flora Zambesiaca
- E. Wimmer in Engl., P flanzenr. IV. 276 b: 698 (1953).
- in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 2: 37 (1817).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- E. Wimmer in E.P. IV.276 b: 698–713 (1953)
- in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 2: 37 (1817)
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