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
- ^ a b c “Monoon Miq”. Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
Data related to Monoon at Wikispecies
