Monstera dubia

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]

Monstera dubia
Juvenile M. dubia leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Monstera
Species:	M. dubia
Binomial name
Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

References

1. "Monstera dubia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2. Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 191–192, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
3. Voss, Donald H. (2009). "Glossary: Dimorphic and Deciduous". scholar.lib.vt.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
4. 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. JSTOR 41764722. S2CID 249074247.

External links

• Media related to Monstera dubia at Wikimedia Commons