{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Monosperma |authority = (Hensold) Andrino |synonyms = ''Paepalanthus'' subgen. ''Monosperma'' {{small|Hensold}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = ipni>{{cite web |title=''Monosperma'' |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/77320373-1 |website=International Plant Names Index |access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> }}
'''''Monosperma''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. It includes 23 species native to northern Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Monosperma'' (Hensold) Andrino |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77320373-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref>
''Monosperma'' was first described as a subgenus of ''Paepalanthus'' by Nancy Hensold in 1991. In 2023 Caroline Oliveira Andrino determined that ''Paepalanthus'' as then circumscribed was polyphyletic, and described ''Monosperma'' as a full genus.<ref name = ipni/><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Andrino |first1=Caroline Oliveira |last2=Costa |first2=Fabiane Nepomuceno |last3=Simon |first3=Marcelo Fragomeni |last4=Missagia |first4=Rafaela Velloso |last5=Sano |first5=Paulo Takeo |date=2023 |title=Eriocaulaceae: A new classification system based on morphological evolution and molecular evidence |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tax.12915 |journal=Taxon |language=en |volume=72 |issue=3 |pages=515–549 |doi=10.1002/tax.12915 |s2cid=258195228 |issn=0040-0262|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Species== 23 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Monosperma apacarense'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma auyantepuiense'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma cardonae'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma chimantense'' {{small|(Hensold) Andrino}} *''Monosperma convexum'' {{small|(Gleason) Andrino}} *''Monosperma cumbricola'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma fraternum'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Andrino}} *''Monosperma fulgidum'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma gleasonii'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma holstii'' {{small|(Steyerm.) Andrino}} *''Monosperma kunhardtii'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma major'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma phelpsiae'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma roraimense'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma schomburgkii'' {{small|(Klotzsch ex Körn.) Andrino}} *''Monosperma scopulorum'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma septentrionale'' {{small|(Trovó) Andrino}} *''Monosperma squamuliferum'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma stegolepoides'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}} *''Monosperma subcaulescens'' {{small|(N.E.Br.) Andrino}} *''Monosperma sulcatum'' {{small|(Hensold) Andrino}} *''Monosperma turbinatum'' {{small|(Gleason) Andrino}} *''Monosperma venustum'' {{small|(Moldenke) Andrino}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Eriocaulaceae Category:Poales genera Category:Flora of the Amazon Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Plants described in 2023