Monomeria

Lindley , Gen . and Sp. Orch . Pl . (1830), 61 .

Genyorchideae. VI , IX .Gr. monos (only) , meros (part). In reference to the apparent incompleteness of the perianth : " This is the only known genus .....in which the petals are abortive . Nothing is found in their room , but there is a wide tooth-letted interval between the upper and lower sepals."