Monstera tenuis is a species of plant in the genus Monstera 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 climbs tree trunks 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. The name of the species, which means "thin" in Latin, refers to the juvenile leaves.[3]
| 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 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monstera gigantea | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Monstera tenuis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Govaerts, Rafaël; Frodin, D. G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Royal Botanic Gardens. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-84246-036-8.
- ^ a b Madison, Michael (1977). "A Revision of Monstera (araceae)". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (207): 85–87. ISSN 0195-6094.
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