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| published in: | Familles des Plantes 2: 470. 1763. | ||
| distribution: | Neotropics: Mexico to Brazil | map: | |
| subfamily: | Monsteroideae | tribe: | Monstereae |
| no. of species: | 38 (estim. 60) | cultivars: | a few of M. deliciosa |
| chromosome count: 2n=24, 56, 58, 60 | |||
| morphology: | Climbing hemiepiphytes, evergreen lianes, trichosclereids abundant in all tissues, juvenile leaves entire, adult perforated and/or pinnatifid flowers bisexual, without perigone. | ||
| similar genera: | Epipremnum, Rhaphidophora, Amydrium, Stenospermation. | ||
 acuminata |  adansonii |  deliciosa |  'Borsigiana' |  'Marmorata' |  'Variegata' |  dubia |  lechleriana |
 obliqua |  siltepecana |  standleyana |
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 David Scherberich: Monstera | |