Monstera gracilis

Monstera gracilis is a flowering plant in family Araceae.

Monstera gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Monstera
Species:	M. gracilis
Binomial name
Monstera gracilis Engl.

Description

Monstera gracilis is a species of climbing flowering plant native to eastern Colombia. Unlike many other Monstera species, it does not climb to significant heights but instead produces stolons that return to the ground.

This species is distinguished by its thin, membranaceous leaves, deciduous petiole, sheath wings, and relatively slender stems. It has smaller spadices and a more delicate structure compared to related species such as Monstera dissecta and Monstera adansonii. The leaves are pinnatifid, and both the spathe and spadix are smaller than those of its close relatives.^[1]

Distribution

It is native to southern Venezuela and Northern Peru.^[2]They can also be found in riparian forests of the llanos