Monsteroideae
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| Monsteroideae | |
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| File:Monstera deliciosa2.jpg | |
| Monstera deliciosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit | edit source]Monotypic tribes
[edit | edit source]- Anadendreae: genus Anadendrum - SE Asia
- Heteropsideae: genus Heteropsis - S America
Monstereae
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Holochlamys - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
- Spathiphyllum - tropical Americas, SE Asia including the Philippines and east of the Wallace line
References
[edit | edit source]- Bown, Deni (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family [ILLUSTRATED]. Timber Press. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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