1857 R. G. Mayne (1860) Monostylus, applied to an ovary which bears but one style..: monostylous.
1988 75 1742 Floral sexuality is characterized for the flora of the Cape region of South Africa. Among angiosperms..monostylous hermaphroditism constitutes the largest proportion of species with 77.7%, followed by gynomonoecism (7.1%), dioecism (6.6%).