Monsonia is a genus of plants in the family Geraniaceae. It is named after Lady Anne Monson, 1714–76, known for her botanical knowledge and plant collecting in the Cape.
Monsonia consists of herbs or undershrubs often with simple stem from woody rootstock or deep tap root; leaves toothed or divided; flowers regular, petals 5, separate, tip broad, blunt or slightly notched, stamens in 5 groups with 3 stamens in each, one longer than others, ovary 5 lobed; fruit beaked.
As of July 2020, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepts 27 species:[1]
Distributed in Africa, Western Asia and East India, approximately 40 species, approximately 21 in South Africa.[2][3]
Monsonia attenuata
Monsonia umbellata
Monsonia praemorsa seeds.
Monsonia angustifolia seeds.
Monsonia is a genus of plants in the family Geraniaceae. It is named after Lady Anne Monson, 1714–76, known for her botanical knowledge and plant collecting in the Cape.
