Monsonia
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Monsonia is a genus of plants in the family Geraniaceae. It is named after Lady Anne Monson, 1714–76, known for her botanical knowledge and plant collecting in the Cape.
Description
Monsonia consists of herbs or undershrubs often with simple stem from woody rootstock or deep tap root; leaves toothed or divided; flowers regular, petals 5, separate, tip broad, blunt or slightly notched, stamens in 5 groups with 3 stamens in each, one longer than others, ovary 5 lobed; fruit beaked.
Taxonomy
{{As of|2020|July}}, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 27 species:{{cite web |title=Plants of the world online |website= Royal Botanic gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328437-2}}
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Distribution
Distributed in Africa, Western Asia and East India, approximately 40 species, approximately 21 in South Africa.A Field Guide to Wild Flowers Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Region by Elsa Pooley, Natal Flora Publications Trust, first edition 1998, {{ISBN|0-620-21500-3}}wild Flowers of Niorthern South Africa by Gerrit Germishuizen, Fernwood Press 1997, {{ISBN|1-874950-29-6}}
Gallery
File:Monsonia emarginata.jpg|Monsonia emarginata
File:Monsonia attenuata, Walter Sisulu NBT, b.jpg|Monsonia attenuata
File:Monsonia umbellata IMG 8248.JPG|Monsonia umbellata
File:Seed monsonia praemorsa.jpg|Monsonia praemorsa seeds.
File:Monsonia angustifolia seeds, by Omar Hoftun.jpg|Monsonia angustifolia seeds.
References
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