Monsteroideae

Belongs within: Araceae.
Contains: Rhaphidophora.

The Monsteroideae are a group of aroid plants characterised by numerous trichosclereids in the vegetative and floral parts, and mostly aperigoniate bisexual flowers.

<==Monsteroideae [Anepsiadeae, Monsterinae]
    |--HeteropsideaeTB04
    |    |--Alloschemone occidentalisTB04
    |    |--Heteropsis oblongifoliaTB04
    |    |--Rhodospatha [incl. Anepsias, Atimeta]TB04
    |    |    |--R. guanchensisTB04
    |    |    `--+--R. falconenseTB04
    |    |       `--R. oblongataTB04
    |    `--StenospermationTB04
    |         |--S. uleiTB04
    |         `--+--S. multiovatumTB04
    |            `--S. popayanenseTB04
    `--+--SpathiphylleaeTB04
       |    |--Mayoa Friis, Pedersen & Crane 2004FPC04
       |    |    `--*M. portugallica Friis, Pedersen & Crane 2004FPC04
       |    `--SpathiphyllumTB04
       |         |--+--S. cannifoliumTB04
       |         |  `--Holochlamys beccariiTB04
       |         |       |--H. b. f. beccariiEK16a
       |         |       `--H. b. f. latifolia Engler & Krause 1916EK16a
       |         `--+--S. patiniiTB04
       |            `--+--S. cochlearispathumTB04
       |               `--S. wallisiiTB04
       `--Monstereae [Rhaphidophoreae]TB04
            |--+--RhaphidophoraTB04
            |  `--Anadendrum [Anadendreae]TB04
            |       `--A. microstachyumTB04
            |--+--EpipremnumTB04
            |  |    |--E. amplissimumEK16a
            |  |    |--E. falcifoliumTB04
            |  |    |--E. obtusum Engler & Krause 1916EK16a
            |  |    `--E. papuanumTB04
            |  `--+--‘Rhaphidophora’ grallatrixTB04
            |     `--Scindapsus [incl. Cuscuaria]TB04
            |          |--S. aureusMH98
            |          |--S. cuscuariaEK16a
            |          |--S. cuscuarioides Engler & Krause 1916EK16a
            |          |--S. hederaceusTB04
            |          |--S. longistipitatusTB04
            |          |--S. pictusTB04
            |          `--S. schlechteriEK16a
            `--+--+--‘Epipremnum’ pinnatumTB04
               |  `--AmydriumTB04
               |       |--A. hainanenseTB04
               |       |--A. humileTB04
               |       |--A. magnificumTB04
               |       `--A. mediumTB04
               `--+--+--‘Rhaphidophora’ beccariiTB04
                  |  |--‘Rhaphidophora’ korthalsiiTB04
                  |  |--‘Rhaphidophora’ latevaginataTB04
                  |  `--+--‘Rhaphidophora’ crassicaulisTB04
                  |     `--‘Rhaphidophora’ luchunensisTB04
                  `--Monstera [incl. Amomophyllum, Tornelia]TB04
                       |  i. s.: M. parkerianaEK16b
                       |         M. peckoltii Krause in Engler & Krause 1916EK16b
                       |         M. punctulataEK16b
                       |--M. deliciosaTB04
                       `--+--M. adansoniiTB04
                          |    |--M. a. var. adansoniiTB04
                          |    `--M. a. var. klotzschianaTB04
                          |--M. falcifoliaTB04
                          `--M. obliquaTB04

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[EK16a] Engler, A., & K. Krause. 1916a. Neue Araceen Papuasiens. II. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54: 74–91.

[EK16b] Engler, A., & K. Krause. 1916b. Araceae novae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 54 (Beiblatt 118): 123–125.

[FPC04] Friis, E. M., K. R. Pedersen & P. R. Crane. 2004. Araceae from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal: evidence on the emergence of monocotyledons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 101 (47): 16565–16570.

[MH98] Morikawa, H., A. Higaki, M. Nohno, M. Takahashi, M. Kamada, M. Nakata, G. Toyohara, Y. Okamura, K. Matsui, S. Kitani, K. Fujita, K. Irifune & N. Goshima. 1998. More than a 600-fold variation in nitrogen dioxide assimilation among 217 plant taxa. Plant, Cell and Environment 21: 180–190.

[TB04] Tam, S.-M., P. C. Boyce, T. M. Upson, D. Barabé, A. Bruneau, F. Forest & J. S. Parker. 2004. Intergeneric and infrafamilial phylogeny of subfamily Monsteroideae (Araceae) revealed by chloroplast trnL-F sequences. American Journal of Botany 91 (3): 490–498.