Biology:Monstera dubia
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Monstera dubia | |
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| Juvenile M. dubia leaves | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Araceae |
| Genus: | Monstera |
| Species: | M. dubia
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| Binomial name | |
| Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause
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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 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 genus Marcgravia, where it was initially placed.[4]
References
- ↑ "Monstera dubia" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/163921-2.
- ↑ Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 191–192, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
- ↑ Voss, Donald H. (2009). "Glossary: Dimorphic and Deciduous" (in en). https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v63n2/v63n2-voss.htm#:~:text=When%20used%20in%20descriptions%20of,of%20their%20emergence%20and%20senescence..
- ↑ 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. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41764722.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q11785280 entry
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