Monstera deliciosa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161077
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Summary

Monstera deliciosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,923 views/month, #447 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Monstera[4]
  • Taxon name: Monstera deliciosa[5]
  • Commons category: Monstera deliciosa[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Monstera deliciosa[7]
  • Commons gallery: Monstera deliciosa[8]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[9], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[10]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24556[11]
  • Short name: M. deliciosa[12]
  • Taxon common name: Swiss Cheese plant[13], tarovine[14], Köstliches Fensterblatt[15], Cerimán[16], Jättipeikonlehti[17], Faux philodendron[18], ホウライショウ、モンステラ[19], Gatenplant[20], พลูฉีก[21], 龜背芋[22], 龟背竹[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon author citation: Liebm.[25]
  • Taxon range: Beijing[26], People's Republic of China[27], Fujian[28], Guangdong[29]

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Identifiers

Monstera deliciosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122521[30]. Monstera deliciosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 174217[31]. Monstera deliciosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1138107[32]. Monstera deliciosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2868241[33]. Monstera deliciosa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 503872[34].

Why It Matters

Monstera deliciosa has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → monstera-deliciosa
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Royal horticultural society plant id → 11192
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Royal horticultural society plant id: 11192, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/272133|batch #272133]]"
  3. 6w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sernec taxon id → 27868, 67290
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Sernec taxon id: 67290, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/319954349|Monstera deliciosa (#319954349)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8373|SERNEC taxon]]"
  4. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 99799, 4290050
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Apni id: 4290050, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
  5. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3GAoZs
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 19w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tasteatlas id → monstera-deliciosa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tasteatlas id: monstera-deliciosa"
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