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The genus Monstera is in the family Araceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Monstera

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Monstera acacoyaguensis Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera acuminata K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera adansonii Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Monstera alticola Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera amargalensis Croat & M.M.Mora	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera aureopinnata Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera barrieri Croat, Moonen & Poncy	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera bocatorana Croat & Grayum	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera buseyi Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera cenepensis Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera chamensis Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera churchilliana Croat & Grayum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera coclensis Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera coloradensis Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera costaricensis (Engl. & K.Krause) Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera cotobrusense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera dissecta (Schott) Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera diversifolia Croat & Grayum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera dwyeri Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera epipremnoides Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera filamentosa Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera florescanoana Croat, T.Krömer & Acebey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera fortunense Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera glaucescens Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera gracilis Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera grayumii Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera hammelii Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera involuta Croat & Grayum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera jefense Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera kessleri Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera latevaginata Engl. & K.Krause	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera lechleriana Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera lentii Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera linifera Schott	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera luteynii Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera mansellii Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera marginalis Croat & Grayum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera membranacea Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera mendietae Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera minima Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera molinae Croat & Grayum	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera obliqua Miq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera oreophila Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera pichinchensis Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera pinnatipartita Schott	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera pirrense Croat	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera pittieri Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera planadensis Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera praetermissa E.G.Gonç. & Temponi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera punctulata (Schott) Schott ex Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera puntarenense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera siltepecana Matuda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera skutchii Croat & Grayum	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera spruceana (Schott) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera standleyana G.S.Bunting	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera subpinnata (Schott) Engl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera talamancaense Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera tenuis K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera trijuga K. Koch ex Ender	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Monstera tuberculata Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Monstera vasquezii Croat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera xanthospatha Madison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Monstera zhuii Croat	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 143 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Monstera. Of these 45 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Monstera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 143 species names for the genus Monstera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	45	31.5%
◕	Synonym	77	53.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	21	14.7%

All names

The status of the 160 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Monstera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	48	30.0%
◕	Synonym	91	56.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	21	13.1%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 4 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 143 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Monstera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	39	76	0	0	115	80.4%
	Medium confidence	6	1	0	0	7	4.9%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	21	21	14.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Monstera is as follows: