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Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Angelonieae
Genus: Monttea
Species: M. aphylla – M. chilensis – M. schickendantzii
Name

Monttea Gay Fl. Chil. 4(4): 416–418, t. 51. (1849)
Type species: Monttea chilensis Gay Fl. Chil. 4(4): 417–418, t. 51. 1849.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Oxycladus Miers

References

Gay, C. 1849. Flora Chilena 4(4): 416–418, t. 51.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Monttea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Sept. 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Monttea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Sept. 23.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Monttea. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 23 2014.

Monttea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.[1]

Its native range is southern South America and is found in Argentina and Chile.[1]

The genus name of Monttea is in honour of Manuel Montt (1809–1880), a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Chil. Vol.4 on page 416 in 1849.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Monttea aphylla (Miers) Hauman
Monttea chilensis J.Gay
Monttea schickendantzii Griseb.

References

"Monttea Gay | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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