Monoculus
| Monoculus | |
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| Monoculus hyoseroides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Subfamily: | Calenduleae |
| Genus: | Monoculus B.Nord. |
| Species | |
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Monoculus is a genus of succulent plants in the pot marigold tribe within the sunflower family, split from the genus Osteospermum by Bertil Nordenstam in 2006.[1][2]
The two recognised species occur in the Western Cape of South Africa, with one species (M. monstrosus) extending into Namibia.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bertil Nordenstam (2006). "Generic revisions in the tribe Calenduleae (Compositae)". Compositae Newsletter (Swedish Museum of Natural History) 44: 38–49.
- ↑ The International Plant Names Index
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist