Monsteroideae
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Monsteroideae | |
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Monstera deliciosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Araceae |
Subfamily: | Monsteroideae |
Monsteroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
This subfamily is notable for having many trichosclereids in the vegetative and floral parts of the plants, but rarely in the roots.
Tribes and genera
Monotypic tribes
- Anadendreae: genus Anadendrum - SE Asia
- Heteropsideae: genus Heteropsis - S America
Monstereae
- Alloschemone - Amazon region (Bolivia, Brazil)
- Amydrium - SE Asia
- Epipremnum - Himalayas, SE Asia to Australia
- Monstera – tropical Americas and common houseplants
- Rhaphidophora - tropical Africa, Asia to W. Pacific.
- Rhodospatha – tropical Americas
- Scindapsus - SE Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, W Pacific Islands
- Stenospermation - central and South America
Spathiphylleae
- Holochlamys - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
- Spathiphyllum - tropical Americas, SE Asia including the Philippines and east of the Wallace line
References
- Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7Error: "Q5475034" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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- Monsteroideae
- Alismatales subfamilies