Monteiroa (plant)
Monteiroa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
Its native range is south-eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina.
The genus name of Monteiroa is in honour of Honório da Costa Monteiro Filho, a Brazilian professor of botany and director of the national school of agriculture in Rio de Janeiro and was a specialist in Malvaceae.
It was first described and published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. Vol.3 on page 237 in 1951.
Species
According to Kew:- Monteiroa bullata
- Monteiroa catharinensis
- Monteiroa dusenii
- Monteiroa glomerata
- Monteiroa hatschbachii
- Monteiroa leitei
- Monteiroa ptarmicifolia
- Monteiroa reitzii
- Monteiroa smithii
- ''Monteiroa triangularifolia''