Monstera obliqua

Monstera obliqua is a species of the genus Monstera native to Central and South America.[1] The most well known form of obliqua is the one from Peru, often described as being "more holes than leaf" but there are forms in the obliqua complex with little to no fenestration such as the Bolivian type. An illustration of the general variation in adult leaf shape from different individuals of this species can be found in Michael Madison's 'A Revision of Monstera'.[2] An hemiepiphytic climber like most other Monstera species, obliqua is particularly known for its foliage, which is often highly fenestrated, to the point where there is more empty space than leaf.[3] Quite expensive in cultivation, this species is often confused for other Monstera like Monstera adansonii.[4]

Monstera obliqua
Botanical illustration of M. obliqua by Adolf Engler
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Monstera
Species:
M. obliqua
Binomial name
Monstera obliqua
Miq., Linnaea 18: 79 (1845)

References
  1. "Monstera obliqua Miq., Linnaea 18: 79 (1845).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Madison, Michael (1977). "A Revision of Monstera (Araceae)". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (207): 3–100. ISSN 0195-6094. JSTOR 41764722.
  3. Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, pp. 199, 201, 327, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
  4. "Monstera obliqua vs Monstera adansonii". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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