Monophyllaea

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Monophyllaea
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One-leaf plant ( Monophyllaea glauca ). Each leaf is a separate plant. The whole plant consists of only one leaf.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Monophyllaea
R.Br.
Species [1]

38; see text

Synonyms [1]

MoultoniaBalf.f. & W.W.Sm. (1915)

Monophyllaea is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae. [2] All the species only have one leaf. [3]

Species

38 species are accepted. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Monophyllaea R.Br. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Kinoshita, Ayaka; Tsukaya, Hirokazu (January 2019). "One-leaf plants in the Gesneriaceae: Natural mutants of the typical shoot system". Development, Growth & Differentiation. 61 (1): 25–33. doi: 10.1111/dgd.12582 . PMID   30565219. S2CID   56478566.
  3. 1 2 "Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2022-10-10.


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