Monttea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Monttea_aphylla_Ischigualasto.JPG

|image_caption =Montreal aphylla

|taxon = Monttea

|authority = Gay

|synonyms = Oxycladus {{small|Miers}}

}}

Monttea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.{{cite web |title=Monttea Gay {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30131334-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}}

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

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.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It was first described and published in Fl. Chil. Vol.4 on page 416 in 1849.