# Monoon

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Polyalthia longifolia fruits - at Beechanahalli 2014.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Monoon longifolium](/source/Monoon_longifolium)'' fruits
| taxon = Monoon
| authority = [Miq.](/source/Friedrich_Anton_Wilhelm_Miquel)<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2082-1 |title=''Monoon'' Miq. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2026 |access-date=5 March 2026}}</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Cleistopetalum'' H.Okada
* ''Enicosanthum'' Becc.
* ''Griffithia'' Maingay ex King
* ''Griffithianthus'' Merr.
* ''Marcuccia'' Becc.
* ''Woodiella'' Merr.
* ''Woodiellantha'' Rauschert
}}

thumb|right|''Monoon simiarum'' seeds dispersed by civets in Pakke Tiger Reserve, India
'''''Monoon''''' is a genus of about 80 species of lowland tropical trees in the family [Annonaceae](/source/Annonaceae), within the [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Miliuseae](/source/Miliuseae).{{R|POWO|COL}} Species have been recorded from the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent), [Indochina](/source/Mainland_Southeast_Asia), [Malesia](/source/Malesia) through [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands), and northern [Australia](/source/Australia).  The genus was resurrected out from ''[Polyalthia](/source/Polyalthia)'' following a molecular study showing the two genera as not immediately related.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xue |first1=Bine |last2=Su |first2=Yvonne C.F. |last3=Thomas |first3=Daniel C. |last4=Saunders |first4=Richard M.K. |date=2012 |title=Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tax.615009 |journal=Taxon |language=en |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=1021–1039 |doi=10.1002/tax.615009 |bibcode=2012Taxon..61.1021X |issn=0040-0262|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Species== 
{{multiple image|perrow=1|align=right|
|image1=Polyalthia longifolia var pendula - leaves and top of tree.jpg
|image2=Polyalthia longifolia var pendula - leaves 1.jpg
|image3=Ashoka (Polyalthia longifolia) flowers W IMG 7050.jpg
|footer=''Monoon longifolium'' var ''pendula'' - leaves and flowers}}

{{As of|2026|03}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts the following 75 species:{{R|POWO}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*''[Monoon acuminatum](/source/Monoon_acuminatum)'' {{small|(Thwaites) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon amischocarpum](/source/Monoon_amischocarpum)'' {{small|(I.M.Turner) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon anomalum](/source/Monoon_anomalum)'' {{small|(Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon asteriellum](/source/Monoon_asteriellum)'' {{small|(Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon australe](/source/Monoon_australe)'' {{small|(Benth.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon barnesii](/source/Monoon_barnesii)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon bathrantherum](/source/Monoon_bathrantherum)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Monoon bemban](/source/Monoon_bemban)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Monoon borneense](/source/Monoon_borneense)'' {{small|(H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon brevipedunculatum](/source/Monoon_brevipedunculatum)'' {{small|(Boerl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon chloroxanthum](/source/Monoon_chloroxanthum)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Monoon clavigerum](/source/Monoon_clavigerum)'' {{small|(King) Bunchalee}}
*''[Monoon coffeoides](/source/Monoon_coffeoides)'' {{small|(Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon congestum](/source/Monoon_congestum)'' {{small|(Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon congregatum](/source/Monoon_congregatum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon coriaceum](/source/Monoon_coriaceum)'' {{small|(Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon costigerum](/source/Monoon_costigerum)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Monoon cupulare](/source/Monoon_cupulare)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon daclacense](/source/Monoon_daclacense)'' {{small|(Bân) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon elongatum](/source/Monoon_elongatum)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon erianthoides](/source/Monoon_erianthoides)'' {{small|(Airy Shaw) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon fragrans](/source/Monoon_fragrans)'' {{small|(Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon fuscum](/source/Monoon_fuscum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon gigantifolium](/source/Monoon_gigantifolium)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon glabrum](/source/Monoon_glabrum)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon grandiflorum](/source/Monoon_grandiflorum)'' {{small|(Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon grandifolium](/source/Monoon_grandifolium)'' {{small|(Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon harmandii](/source/Monoon_harmandii)'' {{small|(Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon hookerianum](/source/Monoon_hookerianum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon hypogaeum](/source/Monoon_hypogaeum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon jucundum](/source/Monoon_jucundum)'' {{small|(Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon kalimantanense](/source/Monoon_kalimantanense)'' {{small|Nurmawati}}
*''[Monoon kingii](/source/Monoon_kingii)'' {{small|(Baker f.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon klemmei](/source/Monoon_klemmei)'' {{small|(Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon lateriflorum](/source/Monoon_lateriflorum)'' {{small|(Blume) Miq.}}
*''[Monoon laui](/source/Monoon_laui)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon liukiuense](/source/Monoon_liukiuense)'' {{small|(Hatus.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon longifolium](/source/Monoon_longifolium)'' {{small|(Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon longipetalum](/source/Monoon_longipetalum)'' {{small|Nurmawati}}
*''[Monoon macranthum](/source/Monoon_macranthum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon magnoliiflorum](/source/Monoon_magnoliiflorum)'' {{small|(Maingay ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon malayanum](/source/Monoon_malayanum)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Monoon membranifolium](/source/Monoon_membranifolium)'' {{small|(J.Sinclair) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon merguiense](/source/Monoon_merguiense)'' {{small|(Chatterjee) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon merrillii](/source/Monoon_merrillii)'' {{small|(Kaneh.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Monoon michaelii](/source/Monoon_michaelii)'' {{small|(C.T.White) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon mindanaense](/source/Monoon_mindanaense)'' {{small|(Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon namkadingense](/source/Monoon_namkadingense)'' {{small|Soulad. & Tagane}}
*''[Monoon nitidum](/source/Monoon_nitidum)'' {{small|(A.DC.) I.M.Turner}}
*''[Monoon oblongifolium](/source/Monoon_oblongifolium)'' {{small|(C.B.Rob.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon obtusum](/source/Monoon_obtusum)'' {{small|(Craib) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon oligocarpum](/source/Monoon_oligocarpum)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Monoon ornithocephalum](/source/Monoon_ornithocephalum)'' {{small|Bunchalee}}
*''[Monoon pachypetalum](/source/Monoon_pachypetalum)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Monoon pachyphyllum](/source/Monoon_pachyphyllum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon paradoxum](/source/Monoon_paradoxum)'' {{small|(Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon patinatum](/source/Monoon_patinatum)'' {{small|(Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon phukraduengense](/source/Monoon_phukraduengense)'' {{small|Bunchalee}}
*''[Monoon phuluangense](/source/Monoon_phuluangense)'' {{small|Bunchalee}}
*''[Monoon praestigiosum](/source/Monoon_praestigiosum)'' {{small|(J.Sinclair) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon ramiflorum](/source/Monoon_ramiflorum)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon roseum](/source/Monoon_roseum)'' {{small|Bunchalee}}
*''[Monoon salomonicum](/source/Monoon_salomonicum)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Monoon sclerophyllum](/source/Monoon_sclerophyllum)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon shendurunii](/source/Monoon_shendurunii)'' {{small|(Basha & Sasidh.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon simiarum](/source/Monoon_simiarum)'' {{small|(Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon sublanceolatum](/source/Monoon_sublanceolatum)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Monoon sympetalum](/source/Monoon_sympetalum)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon thorelii](/source/Monoon_thorelii)'' {{small|(Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon tirunelveliense](/source/Monoon_tirunelveliense)'' {{small|(M.B.Viswan. & Manik.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon tsukayae](/source/Monoon_tsukayae)'' {{small|(H.Okada) Saengpho & Chaowasku}}
*''[Monoon vietnamensis](/source/Monoon_vietnamensis)'' {{small|N.S.Lý}}
*''[Monoon viride](/source/Monoon_viride)'' {{small|(Craib) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon xanthopetalum](/source/Monoon_xanthopetalum)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Monoon zamboangaense](/source/Monoon_zamboangaense)'' {{small|(Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
}}

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="COL">{{cite web |last1=Bánki |first1=O. |last2=Roskov |first2=Y. |last3=Döring |first3=M. |last4=Ower |first4=G. |last5=Hernández Robles |first5=D.R. |last6=Plata Corredor |first6=C.A. |last7=Stjernegaard Jeppesen |first7=T. |last8=Örn |first8=A. |last9=Pape |first9=T. |last10=Hobern |first10=D. |last11=Garnett |first11=S. |last12=Little |first12=H. |last13=DeWalt |first13=R.E. |last14=Miller |first14=J. |last15=Orrell |first15=T. |last16=Aalbu |first16=R. |last17=Abbott |first17=J. |last18=Aedo |first18=C. |last19=Aescht |first19=E. |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/C6RHW |title=''Monoon'' Miq. |website=Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-03-05) |publisher=Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands |year=2026 |access-date=5 March 2026}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{Wikispecies inline|Monoon|''Monoon''}}
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Category:Annonaceae genera
Category:Monoon

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