Monoculus

Monoculus
Monoculus hyoseroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae / Compositae
Subfamily: Calenduleae
Genus: Monoculus
B.Nord.
Species
  • Monoculus hyoseroides (DC.) B.Nord.
  • Monoculus monstrosus (Burm.f.) B.Nord.

Monoculus is a genus of succulent plants in the pot marigold tribe within the sunflower family, split from the genus Osteospermum by Bertil Nordenstam in 2006.[1][2]

The two recognised species occur in the Western Cape of South Africa, with one species (M. monstrosus) extending into Namibia.[1][3]

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