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|accepted_name=Bontia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 638 [as 938]. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Bontia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bontia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Jacobus Bontius, 1592–1631, Dutch physician and botanist in Java
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 324, 325
|treatment_page=page 337
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, all parts bearing spherical resin cavities; stolons absent. <b>Stems</b> ascending, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, cauline, alternate; stipules absent; petiole present; blade not fleshy, leathery, margins entire (except in seedling leaves, which are distally serrate). <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 2-flowered or flowers solitary; bracts absent. <b>Pedicels</b> present; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual; sepals 5, calyx radially symmetric, funnelform, lobes broadly ovate; petals 5, corolla buff or coppery brown to greenish tan, bilaterally symmetric, tubular, abaxial lobes 3, strongly recurved and bearing a conspicuous longitudinal crest of violet hairs, adaxial 2; stamens 4, adnate to corolla, didynamous, filaments sparsely hairy, staminode 0; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma minutely 2-fid. <b>Fruits</b> drupelike capsules, ovoid, fleshy, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 1–4, brown, L-shaped and terete, wings absent. <b>x</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p><i>Bontia</i> is monospecific and the only genus of Myoporeae (the former Myoporaceae) native to the Americas. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that it was derived from within the Australian genus Eremophila R. Brown and achieved its current distribution via long-distance dispersal (S. A. Kelchner et al. 2001).</p>
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name=Bontia
|author=Scott Zona
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Bontia
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