monochlamydeae

{{short description|Unranked group of plants}}

File:Pyrularia pubera NRCS-3.jpg, in family Santalaceae, is one of the genera included in Monochlamydeae.]]

Monochlamydae is an artificial taxonomic group{{citation |chapter-url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Monochlamydeae |chapter=Monochlamydeae |title=The Free Dictionary by Farlex (incorporating an article from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979)}} used in the identification of plants. It was largely abandoned by taxonomists in the 19th century, but has been often used since. Bentham and Hooker's classification, published in 1880, used this grouping, but stated that it was neither natural nor well defined, and that De Candolle's system was superior.{{citation |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/14688#page/3/mode/1up |title=Genera plantarum: ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita |page=iii |year=1880 |volume=3 |issue=1 |author1=George Bentham |author2=Joseph Dalton Hooker }} Under Engler and Prantl's revision of 1931, the group Monochlamydeae was completely abandoned.Pushkar, K. (undated) Comprehensive Objective Botany, Upkar Prakashan Books, Agra no 391

The group was one of three within the Dicotyledons, the others being Polypetalae and Gamopetalae.{{citation |url=http://www.botanicgardens.ie/educ/famsho.pdf |title=Angiosperm Classification |publisher=National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin |access-date=19 June 2016}} It included plants with flowers that had either a calyx or corolla, but not both.