Monstera dubia

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Monstera dubia
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Juvenile M. dubia leaves
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Monstera
Species:
M. dubia
Binomial name
Monstera dubia
(Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

Monstera dubia is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Central and South America. [1] M. dubia is known for the dramatic transformation its foliage makes as it climbs from seed stage on the forest floor, to strongly patterned leaves shingling closely up a host tree trunk or other surface, until mature leaves with fenestrations similar to Monstera deliciosa appear. [2] This transformation is an example of leaf dimorphism. [3] Dubia refers to dubious, because authors were not certain that the species fell within the Dicot genus Marcgravia, where it was initially placed. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Monstera dubia". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ↑ Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 191–192, ISBN   978-0-88192-485-5
  3. ↑ Voss, Donald H. (2009). "Glossary: Dimorphic and Deciduous". scholar.lib.vt.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  4. ↑ 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.
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