Monococcus

This article is about the genus of plants. For the bacterial morphology, see Coccus.

Monococcus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Petiveriaceae. The only species is Monococcus echinophorus.^[1]

Monococcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Petiveriaceae
Genus:	Monococcus F.Muell.
Species:	M. echinophorus
Binomial name
Monococcus echinophorus F.Muell.

Its native range is Eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales) to the Southwestern Pacific (New Caledonia and Vanuatu).^[1]