Monsteroideae
Monsteroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
| Monsteroideae | |
|---|---|
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| Monstera deliciosa | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Alismatales | 
| Family: | Araceae | 
| Subfamily: | Monsteroideae | 
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 0-88192-485-7
 
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