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Internal ID UUID643fe39f0e78e761322655
Scientific name Monstera obliqua
Authority Miq.
First published in Linnaea 18: 79 (1845)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Monstera expilata Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid. : 367 (1860)
Monstera falcifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 117 (1905)
Monstera fendleri Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 116 (1905)
Monstera killipii K.Krause Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 614 (1932)
Monstera microstachys Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 5: 274 (1855)
Monstera obliqua var. expilata (Schott) Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 113 (1878)
Monstera sagotiana Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 117 (1905)
Monstera snethlagei K.Krause Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 272 (1925)
Monstera unilatera Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 494 (1910)
Monstera falcifolia var. latifolia K.Krause Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 614 (1932)
Heteropsis obliqua Miq. ex Engl. Fl. Bras. 3(2): 112 (1878)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic قشطة مخرمة
Chinese 斜叶龟背竹

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000245791
Tropicos 2103143
INPN 630181
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87525-1
The Plant List kew-129639
Open Tree Of Life 106095
Observations.org 280673
NCBI Taxonomy 258270
IPNI 87525-1
iNaturalist 327367
GBIF 2868185
EPPO MOSOB
EOL 1138094
Elurikkus 320607
USDA GRIN 409698
Wikipedia Monstera_obliqua

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Programmed cell death associated with the formation of schizo-lysigenous aerenchyma in Nelumbo nucifera root Xie Q, Hou H, Yan P, Zhang H, Lv Y, Li X, Chen L, Pang D, Hu Y, Ni X Front Plant Sci 29-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9556849
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.968841
PMID:36247559
RNA-Seq analysis reveals potential regulators of programmed cell death and leaf remodelling in lace plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis) Rowarth NM, Curtis BA, Einfeldt AL, Archibald JM, Lacroix CR, Gunawardena AH BMC Plant Biol 13-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8361799
doi:10.1186/s12870-021-03066-7
PMID:34388962
A Phytosociological Study on Andean Rainforests of Peru, and a Comparison with the Surrounding Countries Galán-de-Mera A, Campos-de-la-Cruz J, Linares-Perea E, Montoya-Quino J, Torres-Marquina I, Vicente-Orellana JA Plants (Basel) 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7761437
doi:10.3390/plants9121654
PMID:33256180
Adaptations for insect-trapping in brood-site pollinated Colocasia (Araceae) Bröderbauer D, Ulrich S, Weber A Plant Biol (Stuttg) 30-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC5593118
doi:10.1111/plb.12081
PMID:24119060
Reconstructing the origin and elaboration of insect-trapping inflorescences in the Araceae Bröderbauer D, Diaz A, Weber A Am J Bot 10-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC5608078
doi:10.3732/ajb.1200274
PMID:22965851
Do mitochondria play a role in remodelling lace plant leaves during programmed cell death? Lord CE, Wertman JN, Lane S, Gunawardena AH BMC Plant Biol 06-Jun-2011
PMCID:PMC3118178
doi:10.1186/1471-2229-11-102
PMID:21645374
Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects BENNETT MD, LEITCH IJ Ann Bot 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC4246708
doi:10.1093/aob/mci003
PMID:15596457

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