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Monsteroideae
Monsteroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It contains genera including: Alloschemone, Amydrium, Anadendrum, Epipremnum, Heteropsis, Holochlamys, Monstera, Rhaphidophora, Rhodospatha, Scindapsus, Spathiphyllum, and Stenospermation. The subfamily is notable for having many trichosclereids in the vegetative and floral parts of the plants, but rarely in the roots.
4 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Monstereae
tribeMonstereae
Spathiphylleae
tribeSpathiphylleae
Heteropsideae
tribeHeteropsideae
Anadendreae
tribeAnadendreae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 869675.