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Monolena
Monolena is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Melastomataceae, consisting of about 15 species distributed from Guatemala to Peru and Acre, Brazil. They are primarily herbs of the wet tropical and cloud forests, often growing as epiphytes, but sometimes on rocks and in riparian zones near mountain streams.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Monolena primuliflora
speciesMonolena primuliflora
Monolena panamensis
speciesMonolena panamensis
Monolena trichopoda
speciesMonolena trichopoda
Monolena multiflora
speciesMonolena multiflora
Monolena dressleri
speciesMonolena dressleri
Monolena ovata
speciesMonolena ovata
Monolena pygmaea
speciesMonolena pygmaea
Monolena pilosiuscula
speciesMonolena pilosiuscula
Monolena morleyi
speciesMonolena morleyi
Monolena lanceolata
speciesMonolena lanceolata
Monolena guatemalensis
speciesMonolena guatemalensis
Monolena grandiloba
speciesMonolena grandiloba
Monolena elliptica
speciesMonolena elliptica
Monolena coriacea
speciesMonolena coriacea
Monolena cordifolia
speciesMonolena cordifolia
Monolena bracteata
speciesMonolena bracteata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489946.