''Monteiroa'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...

. Its native range is south-eastern and southern Brazil,

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and north-eastern Argentina. The genus name of ''Monteiroa'' is in honour of Honório da Costa Monteiro Filho (1900–1978), a Brazilian professor of botany and director of the national school of agriculture in

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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''

References

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