Monsteroideae
# Monsteroideae

Monsteroideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family Araceae.

This subfamily is notable for having many trichosclereids in the vegetative and floral parts of the plants, but rarely in the roots.

## Tribes and genera

### Monotypic tribes

* Anadendreae: genus Anadendrum - SE Asia
* Heteropsideae: genus Heteropsis - S America

### Monstereae

* Alloschemone - Amazon region (Bolivia, Brazil)
* Amydrium - SE Asia
* Epipremnum - Himalayas, SE Asia to Australia
* Monstera – tropical Americas and common houseplants
* Rhaphidophora - tropical Africa, Asia to W. Pacific.
* Rhodospatha – tropical Americas
* Scindapsus - SE Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, W Pacific Islands
* Stenospermation - central and South America

### Spathiphylleae

* Holochlamys - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
* Spathiphyllum - tropical Americas, SE Asia including the Philippines and east of the Wallace line
