Monstera praetermissa

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| image = Monstera praetermissa.jpg

| image_caption = Monstera praetermissa in habitat

| genus = Monstera

| species = praetermissa

| authority = E.G.Gonç. & Temponi

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Monstera praetermissa is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Brazil.{{cite POWO |id=330207-2 |title=Monstera praetermissa }} It grows in wet tropical forests from {{convert|50-900|m|ft}} in elevation. It is most similar to Monstera obliqua and Monstera xanthospatha, but differs from these in habitat (Brazil) and in its inflorescence. Like many in its genus, the species transitions from a juvenile leaf shape, typically at about {{convert|15|cm|in}} in growth, to an adult leaf that has up to five perforations per side.{{Cite journal |last=Andrade |first=I. M. |last2=Mayo |first2=S. J. |last3=Kirkup |first3=D. |last4=Van Den Berg |first4=C. |date=2008 |title=Comparative Morphology of Populations of Monstera Adans. (Araceae) from Natural Forest Fragments in Northeast Brazil Using Elliptic Fourier Analysis of Leaf Outlines |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20649539 |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=63 |issue=2 |pages=193–211 |issn=0075-5974}} Its species name means "overlooked" in Latin, due to its only recent scientific description in 2004 and lack of attention from collectors.{{Cite journal |last=Gonçalves |first=Eduardo G. |last2=Temponi |first2=Lívia G. |date=2004 |title=A New Monstera (Araceae: Monsteroideae) from Brazil |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3218469 |journal=Brittonia |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=72–74 |issn=0007-196X}}