Monsteroideae

Monsteroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae.

Monsteroideae
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

1. Alloschemone - Amazon region (Bolivia, Brazil)
2. Amydrium - SE Asia
3. Epipremnum - Himalayas, SE Asia to Australia
4. Monstera – tropical Americas and common houseplants
5. Rhaphidophora - tropical Africa, Asia to W. Pacific.
6. Rhodospatha – tropical Americas
7. Scindapsus - SE Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, W Pacific Islands
8. Stenospermation - central and South America

Spathiphylleae

1. Holochlamys - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
2. 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