Monstera tuberculata

Monstera tuberculata is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native from Mexico south to Panama.[1] It grows in lowland wet tropical biomes up to 200 metres (660 ft) in elevation.[2] Similar to Monstera dubia and a few other species in its genus, when young M. tuberculata has a shingle-like growth habit with leaves tightly pressed against the trunks of trees. As it matures, it has short-stemmed, oval leaves that lack the fenestrations of better-known species like Monstera deliciosa. Unusually for an aroid, its fruit hangs like a pendant.[3]

Monstera tuberculata
M. tuberculata in Costa Rica, in fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Monstera
Species:
M. tuberculata
Binomial name
Monstera tuberculata
Lundell

Varieties

There are two named varieties of Monstera tuberculata,[4][1] separated by region and with different fruit morphology.

  • Monstera tuberculata var. brevinoda — from Nicaragua to Panama
  • Monstera tuberculata var. tuberculata – Mexico and Belize

References

  1. "Monstera tuberculata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Madison, Michael (1977). "A Revision of Monstera (Araceae)". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (207): 3–100. doi:10.5962/p.336443. ISSN 0195-6094. JSTOR 41764722. S2CID 249074247.
  3. Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, p. 201, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
  4. Govaerts, Rafaël; Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-1-84246-036-8.

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