Monoon

Monoon
Monoon longifolium fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Tribe: Miliuseae
Genus: Monoon
Miq.[1]
Synonyms
  • Cleistopetalum H.Okada
  • Enicosanthum Becc.
  • Griffithia Maingay ex King
  • Griffithianthus Merr.
  • Marcuccia Becc.
  • Woodiella Merr.
  • Woodiellantha Rauschert

Monoon is a genus of about 80 species of lowland tropical trees in the family Annonaceae, within the tribe Miliuseae.[1][2] Species have been recorded from the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia through New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and northern Australia. The genus was resurrected out from Polyalthia following a molecular study showing the two genera as not immediately related.[3]

Species

Monoon longifolium var pendula - leaves and flowers

As of March 2026, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 75 species:[1]

  • Monoon acuminatum (Thwaites) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon amischocarpum (I.M.Turner) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon anomalum (Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon asteriellum (Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon australe (Benth.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon barnesii (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon bathrantherum I.M.Turner
  • Monoon bemban Miq.
  • Monoon borneense (H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon brevipedunculatum (Boerl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon chloroxanthum Miq.
  • Monoon clavigerum (King) Bunchalee
  • Monoon coffeoides (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon congestum (Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon congregatum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon coriaceum (Ridl.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon costigerum Miq.
  • Monoon cupulare (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon daclacense (Bân) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon elongatum (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon erianthoides (Airy Shaw) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon fragrans (Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon fuscum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon gigantifolium (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon glabrum (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon grandiflorum (Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon grandifolium (Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon harmandii (Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon hookerianum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon hypogaeum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon jucundum (Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon kalimantanense Nurmawati
  • Monoon kingii (Baker f.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon klemmei (Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon lateriflorum (Blume) Miq.
  • Monoon laui (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon liukiuense (Hatus.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon longipetalum Nurmawati
  • Monoon macranthum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon magnoliiflorum (Maingay ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon malayanum I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Monoon membranifolium (J.Sinclair) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon merguiense (Chatterjee) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon merrillii (Kaneh.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Monoon michaelii (C.T.White) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon mindanaense (Elmer) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon namkadingense Soulad. & Tagane
  • Monoon nitidum (A.DC.) I.M.Turner
  • Monoon oblongifolium (C.B.Rob.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon obtusum (Craib) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon oligocarpum Miq.
  • Monoon ornithocephalum Bunchalee
  • Monoon pachypetalum I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Monoon pachyphyllum (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon paradoxum (Becc.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon patinatum (Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon phukraduengense Bunchalee
  • Monoon phuluangense Bunchalee
  • Monoon praestigiosum (J.Sinclair) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon ramiflorum (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon roseum Bunchalee
  • Monoon salomonicum I.M.Turner & Utteridge
  • Monoon sclerophyllum (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon shendurunii (Basha & Sasidh.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon simiarum (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon sublanceolatum Miq.
  • Monoon sympetalum (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon thorelii (Pierre) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon tirunelveliense (M.B.Viswan. & Manik.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon tsukayae (H.Okada) Saengpho & Chaowasku
  • Monoon vietnamensis N.S.Lý
  • Monoon viride (Craib) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon xanthopetalum (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Monoon zamboangaense (Merr.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders

References

  1. ^ a b c "Monoon Miq". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  2. ^ Bánki, O.; Roskov, Y.; Döring, M.; Ower, G.; Hernández Robles, D.R.; Plata Corredor, C.A.; Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T.; Örn, A.; Pape, T.; Hobern, D.; Garnett, S.; Little, H.; DeWalt, R.E.; Miller, J.; Orrell, T.; Aalbu, R.; Abbott, J.; Aedo, C.; Aescht, E. (2026). "Monoon Miq". Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-03-05). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  3. ^ Xue, Bine; Su, Yvonne C.F.; Thomas, Daniel C.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2012). "Pruning the polyphyletic genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon". TAXON. 61 (5): 1021–1039. doi:10.1002/tax.615009. ISSN 0040-0262.
  • Data related to Monoon at Wikispecies