Biology:Monstera tenuis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Monstera tenuis | |
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| Monstera tenuis in Costa Rica, showing both the shingling juvenile leaves and mature, fenestrated foliage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Monstera |
| Species: | M. tenuis
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| Binomial name | |
| Monstera tenuis | |
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Monstera tenuis (common name Chirravaca) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama.[1][2] It grows in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 meters (5,200 ft).[3] Like many others in its genus, like Monstera dubia, the plant starts life on the forest floor and then as a root climber climbs tree trunks to a height of 30 metres[4] in a shingling fashion with leaves tightly appressed to the surface of the trunk. When it reaches a sufficient height, the leaf morphology dramatically changes to pinnate in nature, and it develops very long aerial roots.[5] The name of the species, which means "thin" in Latin, refers to the juvenile leaves.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Monstera tenuis" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/87553-1.
- ↑ Govaerts, Rafaël; Frodin, D. G. (2002) (in en). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 362. ISBN 978-1-84246-036-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=qhRFAAAAYAAJ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Madison, Michael (1977). "A Revision of Monstera (araceae)". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (207): 85–87. ISSN 0195-6094. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41764722.
- ↑ Madison, Michael (June 30, 1977). "A Revision of Monstera (Araceae)". Contributions to the Gray Herbarium 207: 85, 16 and 10.
- ↑ Madison, Contributions, loc.cit.
Wikidata ☰ Q11785301 entry
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