| Monophyllaea | |
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| One-leaf plant (Monophyllaea glauca). Each leaf is a separate plant. The whole plant consists of only one leaf. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
| Genus: | Monophyllaea R.Br. |
| Species | |
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38; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Moultonia Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. (1915) | |
Monophyllaea is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae.
The name comes from a comibnation of Ancient Greek μόνος (solitary, alone) and φύλλον (leaf); this is because all of the species only have one leaf.
It is not the only plant genus with species possessing one leaf; a few species from Streptocarpus have this trait too.
