{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Monochoria_korsakowii_070830_Vladivostok.jpg |image_caption = ''Pontederia korsakowii'' |taxon = Pontederia |authority = L. }}
'''''Monochoria''''' was originally a genus of aquatic plants in the water hyacinth family, Pontederiaceae. Currently, it has been reduced to a subgenus of Pontederia, '''''Pontederia''''' subg. '''''Monochoria''''', represented by ten species (listed below). Its species are native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, and Oceania. They live in the water or in wet soils. They produce leaves on long petioles and some are cultivated for their attractive flowers.<ref name=Pellegrini-etal2018/> Plants from this species have been utilized in the creation of traditional herbal treatments, food, and cosmetics for a very long time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tungmunnithum |first1=Duangjai |last2=Drouet |first2=Samantha |last3=Garros |first3=Laurine |last4=Lorenzo |first4=Jose Manuel |last5=Hano |first5=Christophe |date=2022-05-12 |title=Flavonoid Profiles and Antioxidant Potential of Monochoria angustifolia (G. X. Wang) Boonkerd & Tungmunnithum, a New Species from the Genus Monochoria C. Presl |journal=Antioxidants |language=en |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=952 |doi=10.3390/antiox11050952 |pmid=35624816 |pmc=9138080 |issn=2076-3921 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Species== *''Pontederia africana'' <small>(Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia australasica'' <small>(Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia brevipetiolata'' <small>(Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia cyanea'' <small>(F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia elata'' <small>(Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia hastata'' <small>L.</small> *''Pontederia korsakowii'' <small>(Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small> *''Pontederia plantaginea'' <small>Roxb.</small> *''Pontederia vaginalis'' <small>Burm. f.</small> *''Pontederia valida'' <small>(G.X.Wang & Nagam.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Pellegrini-etal2018">{{cite journal |author1=Pellegrini, M. O. O. |author2=Horn, C. N. |author3=Alemida, R. F. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2018 | title = Total evidence phylogeny of Pontederiaceae (Commelinales) sheds light on the necessity of its recircumscription and synopsis of Pontederia L. | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 108 | pages = 25–83 | url = https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/27652/ | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.108.27652 |pmid=30275733 |pmc=6160854 | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Pontederiaceae Category:Commelinales genera
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