{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Monosis |authority = DC. |type_species =''Monosis wightiana'' |type_species_authority = DC.<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022296 Tropicos, Monosis DC.]</ref> |synonyms = ''Punduana'' {{small|Steetz}} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=''Monosis'' DC. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30071981-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 August 2025}}</ref> }}

'''''Monosis''''' is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.<ref>Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1833. Archives de Botanique 2</ref><ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=134332-3&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DMonosis%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index]</ref><ref>Robinson, Harold Ernest & Skvarla, John Jerome. 2006. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19(4): 605-606</ref>

==Species== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Monosis aplinii'' <small>(Collett & Hemsl.) H.Rob. & Skvarla</small> – India * ''Monosis conferta'' {{small|(Benth.) C.Jeffrey}} – western tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola * ''Monosis kannikattiensis'' {{small|(Rajakumar, Selvak., S.Murug. & Chellap.) Kottaim.}} – India (Tamil Nadu) * ''Monosis parishii'' <small>(Hook.f.) H.Rob. & Skvarla</small> – Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar * ''Monosis talaumifolia'' <small>(Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) H.Rob. & Skvarla</small> - Himalayas * ''Monosis theophrastifolia'' {{small|(Schweinf. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey}} – tropical Africa from Togo to Ethiopia and Zambia * ''Monosis travancorica'' <small>(Hook.f.) H.Rob. & Skvarla</small> – India * ''Monosis volkameriifolia'' <small>(DC.) H.Rob. & Skvarla</small> – Myanmar }}

; formerly included<ref name=y>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch |date=2014-11-06 }}</ref> species now regarded as members of other genera: ''Critoniopsis Eremanthus Eremosis Gymnanthemum Vernonia'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Monosis brasiliensis - Eremanthus brasiliensis'' * ''Monosis foliosa - Eremosis foliosa'' * ''Monosis salicifolia - Critoniopsis salicifolia'' * ''Monosis tarchonanthifolia - Eremosis tarchonanthifolia'' * ''Monosis theophrastifolia - Gymnanthemum theophrastifolium'' * ''Monosis tomentosa - Vernonia paniculata'' * ''Monosis wightiana'' <small>DC.</small> - ''Strobocalyx wightiana'' {{small|(DC.) Sch.Bip.}} }}

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Category:Vernonieae Category:Asteraceae genera

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