Monteiroa (plant)

Monteiroa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.

Its native range is south-eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina.

The genus name of Monteiroa is in honour of Honório da Costa Monteiro Filho (1900–1978), a Brazilian professor of botany and director of the national school of agriculture in Rio de Janeiro and was a specialist in Malvaceae. It was first described and published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. Vol.3 on page 237 in 1951.

Species
According to Kew:
 * Monteiroa bullata (Ekman) Krapov.
 * Monteiroa catharinensis Krapov.
 * Monteiroa dusenii (Ekman) Krapov.
 * Monteiroa glomerata (Hook. & Arn.) Krapov.
 * Monteiroa hatschbachii Krapov.
 * Monteiroa leitei Monteiro
 * Monteiroa ptarmicifolia (A.St.-Hil. & Naudin) Krapov.
 * Monteiroa reitzii Krapov.
 * Monteiroa smithii Krapov.
 * Monteiroa triangularifolia Krapov.