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| published in: | Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 3: 59. 1841. | ||
| distribution: | South America, Nicaragua to southern Brazil | map: | |
| subfamily: | Monsteroideae | tribe: | Heteropsideae |
| no. of species: | 17 (estim. 20) | cultivars: | not known |
| chromosome count: 2n=26-28 | |||
| morphology: | evergreen climbers, flowers bisexual without perigone. | ||
 rigidifolia |
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 Aroid Pictures: Heteropsis | |