Editing Monograph (section)

=== Biology ===
In [[Taxonomy (biology)|biological taxonomy]], a monograph is a comprehensive treatment of a [[taxon]] in written form. Monographs typically review all known [[species]] within a group, add any newly discovered species, and collect and synthesize available information on the ecological associations, geographic distributions, and morphological variations within the group.

The first-ever monograph of a plant taxon was [[Robert Morison]]'s 1672 {{Lang|la|Plantarum Umbelliferarum Distributio Nova}}, a treatment of the [[Apiaceae]].<ref name="Vines 1913">{{Cite book|last=Vines|first=Sydney Howard|author-link=Sydney Howard Vines|editor-last=Oliver|editor-first=Francis Wall|editor-link=Francis Wall Oliver|title=Makers of British Botany|page=22|chapter=Robert Morison (1620–1683) and John Ray (1627–1705)|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|via=[[Wikisource]]|year=1913|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Makers_of_British_botany|chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Makers_of_British_botany/Robert_Morison_1620%E2%80%941683_and_John_Ray_1627%E2%80%941705}}</ref>