Monteiroa (plant)
# 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.
