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Monotes doryphorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It grows up to 12 metres tall. It grows in miombo woodland, wooded savanna, bushy savanna, fire-induced wooded grassland (chypia), and degraded forest from 600 to 1,400 metres elevation. It often grows on rocky slopes of kibarian shale but can grow on various other soil types.
The species was described by Paul Auguste Duvigneaud in 1958.
Monotes adenophyllus · Monotes africanus · Monotes autennei · Monotes dasyanthus · Monotes duvigneaudii · Monotes engleri · Monotes glaber · Monotes glandulosus · Monotes gossweileri · Monotes hirtii · Monotes hypoleucus · Monotes katangensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monotes doryphorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
