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{{Short description|Genus of epiphytes}}
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|image = Monolena primuliflora - Flora park - Cologne, Germany - DSC00670.jpg
|image_caption = ''Monolena primuliflora''
|taxon = Monolena
|authority = Triana ex Benth. & Hook. f.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Monolena''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s, of the family [[Melastomataceae]], consisting of about 15 [[species]] distributed from [[Guatemala]] to [[Perú]] and [[Acre, Brazil|Acre]], [[Brazil]]. They are primarily [[herb]]s of the wet tropical and [[cloud forest]]s, often growing as [[epiphyte]]s, but sometimes on rocks and in [[riparian]] zones near mountain streams.
== Accepted species ==
* ''[[Monolena dressleri]]'' R.H. Warner
* ''[[Monolena grandiloba]]'' R.H. Warner
* ''[[Monolena guatemalensis]]'' Donn. Sm.
* ''[[Monolena morleyi]]'' R.H. Warner
* ''[[Monolena multiflora]]'' R.H. Warner
* ''[[Monolena panamensis]]'' R.H. Warner
* ''[[Monolena primuliflora]]'' Hook. f.
* ''[[Monolena trichopoda]]'' R.H. Warner
== References ==
* ''Genera Plantarum'' 1: 732, 756. 1867.
* Warner, R. H. 2002. "Systematics of the genus Monolena (Melastomataceae) in Central America". ''Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.'' 53:95-116.
* [http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Melastomataceae/Monolena/ The Plant List]
* [https://melas-centroamerica.com/monolena/ Melastomataceae de Centroamérica]
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[[Category:Melastomataceae]]
[[Category:Melastomataceae genera]]
[[Category:Myrmecophytes]]
[[Category:Epiphytes]]
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