Rhaphidophora

published in:	Flora 25 (Beibl. 2): 11. 1842.
distribution:	Equatorial Western Africa, India through Japan to Australia		map:
subfamily:	Monsteroideae	tribe:	Monstereae
no. of species:	105 (estim. 118)	cultivars:	probably exist
chromosome count: 2n=26, 42, 54, 56, 60, 120
morphology:	climbing hemiepiphytes, rarely rheophytes leaves entire to pinnate, sometimes perforated, trichosclereids abundant, flowers bisexual, perianth absent, ovules numerous
similar genera:	Amydrium, Epipremnum, Scindapsus