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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Monolopia
|accepted_authority=de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. L. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=6: 74. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Baeriinae;Monolopia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Baeriinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Monolopia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek monos, single, and lopos, husk, alluding to phyllaries
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 335, 336
|treatment_page=page 349
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Dioecious.</b> Plants 3–14 cm (bases woody). <b>Stolons</b> none. <b>Basal</b> leaves absent at flowering. <b>Cauline</b> leaves linear-lanceolate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 11–35 × 2–6 mm, acute, not flagged (apices acute), faces gray-pubescent. <b>Heads</b> 3–25 in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b>: staminate 6–8 mm; pistillate 6–8 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> distally red to pink, light brown, or white. <b>Corollas</b>: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 5–6 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 2–2.5 mm, pubescent and papillate; pappi: staminate 6–7 mm (capillary); pistillate 6–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (5 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Ray lamina apices entire or obscurely to slightly lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers); disc cypselae ± prismatic (not obcompressed)
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Ray lamina apices usually ± equally 3-lobed (laminae sometimes inconspicuous); disc cypselae obcompressed
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Cypselae ca. 2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy (branches spreading, usually distal)
|[[Monolopia gracilens|Monolopia gracilens]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Cypselae 2.5–3 mm, uniformly gray-strigose (branches erect)
|[[Monolopia stricta|Monolopia stricta]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Ray laminae ca. 0.5 mm (inconspicuous); disc cypselae 2-angled (pappi of 2–7 scales)
|[[Monolopia congdonii|Monolopia congdonii]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Ray laminae 8–20 mm; disc cypselae 4-angled (pappi 0)
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Phyllaries distinct or connate (± 1/2 their lengths); cypselae uniformly gray-strigose
|[[Monolopia lanceolata|Monolopia lanceolata]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Phyllaries connate (± 3/4 their lengths, forming cups with distinct triangular lobes); cypselae glabrous or apically hairy
|[[Monolopia major|Monolopia major]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Monolopia
|author=Dale E. Johnson
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. L. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_874.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Baeriinae
|genus=Monolopia
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