Monsteroideae

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

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

Spathiphylleae Holochlamys - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago 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.