Belongs within: Araceae.
Contains: Rhaphidophora.
The Monsteroideae are a group of aroid plants characterised by numerous trichosclereids in the vegetative and floral parts, and mostly aperigoniate bisexual flowers.
<==Monsteroideae [Anepsiadeae, Monsterinae]
|–Heteropsideae TB04
| |–Alloschemone occidentalis TB04
| |–Heteropsis oblongifolia TB04
| |–Rhodospatha [incl. Anepsias, Atimeta] TB04
| | |–R. guanchensis TB04
| | `–+–R. falconense TB04
| | `–R. oblongata TB04
| `–Stenospermation TB04
| |–S. ulei TB04
| `–+–S. multiovatum TB04
| `–S. popayanense TB04
`–+–Spathiphylleae TB04
| |–Mayoa Friis, Pedersen & Crane 2004 FPC04
| | `–*M. portugallica Friis, Pedersen & Crane 2004 FPC04
| `–Spathiphyllum TB04
| |–+–S. cannifolium TB04
| | `–Holochlamys beccarii TB04
| `–+–S. patinii TB04
| `–+–S. cochlearispathum TB04
| `–S. wallisii TB04
`–Monstereae [Rhaphidophoreae] TB04
|–+–Rhaphidophora TB04
| `–Anadendrum [Anadendreae] TB04
| `–A. microstachyum TB04
|–+–Epipremnum TB04
| | |–E. falcifolium TB04
| | `–E. papuanum TB04
| `–+–‘Rhaphidophora’ grallatrix TB04
| `–Scindapsus [incl. Cuscuaria] TB04
| |–S. aureus MH98
| |–S. hederaceus TB04
| |–S. longistipitatus TB04
| `–S. pictus TB04
`–+–+–‘Epipremnum’ pinnatum TB04
| `–Amydrium TB04
| |–A. hainanense TB04
| |–A. humile TB04
| |–A. magnificum TB04
| `–A. medium TB04
`–+–+–‘Rhaphidophora’ beccarii TB04
| |–‘Rhaphidophora’ korthalsii TB04
| |–‘Rhaphidophora’ latevaginata TB04
| `–+–‘Rhaphidophora’ crassicaulis TB04
| `–‘Rhaphidophora’ luchunensis TB04
`–Monstera [incl. Amomophyllum, Tornelia] TB04
|–M. deliciosa TB04
`–+–M. adansonii TB04
| |–M. a. var. adansonii TB04
| `–M. a. var. klotzschiana TB04
|–M. falcifolia TB04
`–M. obliqua TB04
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[FPC04] Friis, E. M., K. R. Pedersen & P. R. Crane. 2004. Araceae from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal: evidence on the emergence of monocotyledons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 101 (47): 16565–16570.
[MH98] Morikawa, H., A. Higaki, M. Nohno, M. Takahashi, M. Kamada, M. Nakata, G. Toyohara, Y. Okamura, K. Matsui, S. Kitani, K. Fujita, K. Irifune & N. Goshima. 1998. More than a 600-fold variation in nitrogen dioxide assimilation among 217 plant taxa. Plant, Cell and Environment 21: 180–190.
[TB04] Tam, S.-M., P. C. Boyce, T. M. Upson, D. Barabé, A. Bruneau, F. Forest & J. S. Parker. 2004. Intergeneric and infrafamilial phylogeny of subfamily Monsteroideae (Araceae) revealed by chloroplast trnL-F sequences. American Journal of Botany 91 (3): 490–498.