{{Short description|Genus of flowering plant}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Monttea_aphylla_Ischigualasto.JPG |image_caption =Montreal aphylla |taxon = Monttea |authority = Gay |synonyms = ''Oxycladus'' {{small|Miers}} }} '''''Monttea''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Monttea'' Gay {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30131334-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
Its native range is southern South America and is found in Argentina and Chile.<ref name="POWO" />
The genus name of ''Monttea'' is in honour of Manuel Montt (1809–1880), a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> It was first described and published in Fl. Chil. Vol.4 on page 416 in 1849.<ref name="POWO"/>
==Known species== According to Kew:<ref name="POWO" /> *''Monttea aphylla'' {{small|(Miers) Hauman}} *''Monttea chilensis'' {{small|J.Gay}} *''Monttea schickendantzii'' {{small|Griseb.}}
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Category:Plantaginaceae Category:Plantaginaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1849 Category:Flora of southern South America