Monotes

Monotes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. Its name, meaning "unity" or "uniqueness" was chosen because it was the only genus of dipterocarp then known to occur in Africa.^[1] The Zambezian region is the centre of diversity for the genus.^[2]

Monotes
Monotes kerstingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Subfamily:	Monotoideae
Genus:	Monotes A.DC. (1868)
Type species
Monotes africanus A.DC.

Species

23 species are accepted.^[3]

• Monotes adenophyllus Gilg
• Monotes africanus A.DC.
• Monotes autennei P.A.Duvign.
• Monotes dasyanthus Gilg
• Monotes doryphorus P.A.Duvign.
• Monotes duvigneaudii Meerts
• Monotes engleri Gilg
• Monotes glaber Sprague
• Monotes glandulosus Pierre
• Monotes gossweileri De Wild.
• Monotes hirtii P.A.Duvign.
• Monotes hypoleucus (Welw.) Gilg
• Monotes katangensis (De Wild.) De Wild.
• Monotes kerstingii Gilg
• Monotes lutambensis Verdc.
• Monotes madagascariensis Humbert
• Monotes magnificus Gilg
• Monotes paivae Catarino & E.S.Martins
• Monotes pearsonii H.H.Bancr.
• Monotes redheadii P.A.Duvign.
• Monotes rubriglans H.H.Bancr.
• Monotes rufotomentosus Gilg
• Monotes xasenguensis H.H.Bancr.