| Monstera gigas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Monstera |
| Species: | M. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Monstera gigas Croat, Zuluaga, M.Cedeño & O.Ortiz | |
Monstera gigas is a species of flowering plants in the genus Monstera , of the arum family, Araceae. [1] [2]
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
Monstera deliciosa, the Swiss cheese plant or split-leaf philodendron is a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico, south to Panama. It has been introduced to many tropical areas, and has become a mildly invasive species in Hawaii, Seychelles, Ascension Island and the Society Islands. It is very widely grown in temperate zones as a houseplant.
Monstera is a genus of 59 species of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
Monstera tacanaensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Monstera of the arum family, Araceae.
Monstera amargalensis is a flowering plant that belongs to the genus Monstera, and the family Araceae.
Monstera aureopinnata is a flowering plant in genus Monstera of family Araceae. It is an epiphyte.
Monstera barrieri is a flowering plant of the genus Monstera and family Araceae.
Monstera cenepensis is a species of flowering plants in the family Araceae.
Monstera dissecta is a species of flowering plant in the genus Monstera and family Araceae.
Monstera egregia is a flowering plant belonging to genus Monstera of family Araceae.
Monstera glaucescens is a flowering plant in genus Monstera of the arum family, Araceae.The native range of this species is Nicaragua to Colombia. It is a climber that grows primarily in wet tropical biomes.
Monstera guzmanjacobiae is a species of plant in the family Araceae from Mexico.
Monstera integrifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae.
Monstera kessleri is a flowering plant in genus Monstera of the arum family Araceae.
Monstera lechleriana is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae. It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela. The species is named for the German botanist Willibald Lechler, who collected the original type specimen in 1854. It was the scientifically described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott by 1860. Like other Monstera, the plant is an epiphytic climbing vine which grows on the lower trunks of trees, and which produces large leaves with leaf windows when mature that appear on each side of the midrib of the foliage.
Monstera limitaris is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera of the arum family (Araceae).
Monstera luteynii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Monstera of the arum family, Araceae.
Monstera molinae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae.
Monstera bocatorensis is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera of family Araceae.
Monstera croatii is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Costa Rica at altitudes of 300-600 meters. It is unique within the genus for being a primarily terrestrial grower, able to reach adult size without an epiphytic growth habit, whereas other monstera will remain in a creeping juvenile state until finding a suitable media for climbing and maturing. It will typically climb up to one meter before flowering. Adult plants have smooth, blue-tinged green petioles up to 45 centimeters long, with oblong, deeply pinnatifid leaf blades up to 45 centimeters long and 33 centimeters (13) wide. Adult specimens do not form fenestrations. Its spathe is up to 14 centimeters long, externally white-yellow at anthesis, with a white spadix 8 centimeters long. Mature fruits and seeds have not been observed, and no fertile specimens have been collected to date. M. croatii has immature infructescences recorded in February, with flowers observed in October and November.
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