{{Short description|Genus of cacti}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=November 2025}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Praecereus saxicola (Morong) N.P.Taylor.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Monvillea saxicola]]'' |taxon = Monvillea |authority = Britton & Rose<ref name=IPNI_295052-2/> |synonyms = {{Genus list |Praecereus|Buxb. |× Prillea|M.H.J.van der Meer }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_295052-2/> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = [[#Species|See text]]. }}
'''''Monvillea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[cactus]] family Cactaceae, native to South America.<ref name=POWO_295052-2/> The genus was established by [[Nathaniel Lord Britton]] and [[Joseph Nelson Rose]] in 1920.<ref name=IPNI_295052-2/>
==Species== {{As of|2024|November}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_295052-2/> *''[[Monvillea amazonica]]'' <small>(K.Schum.) Britton & Rose</small> *''[[Monvillea diffusa]]'' <small>Britton & Rose</small> *''[[Monvillea euchlora]]'' <small>(F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Backeb.</small> *''[[Monvillea jaenensis]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small> *''[[Monvillea saxicola]]'' <small>(Morong) A.Berger</small> *''[[Monvillea smithiana]]'' <small>(Britton & Rose) Backeb.</small>
==References== <references>
<ref name=IPNI_295052-2>{{citation |title=''Monvillea'' Britton & Rose |work=[[International Plant Names Index|The International Plant Names Index]] |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=295052-2 |access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>
<ref name=POWO_295052-2>{{citation |title=''Monvillea'' Britton & Rose |work=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295052-2 |access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>
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