Araceae
Monstera

Monstera lechleriana Schott

First published in Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 366 (1860)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to Venezuela and Bolivia. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Recorded in error in:

Costa Rica

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

CATE Araceae

  • Madison, M.T. 1977. Contributions from The Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 207:

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.2.4. epublication.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1975 Bunting, G.S. [1543] K000434519 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Bunting, G.S. [1543] K000434517 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Bunting, G.S. [1543] K000434518 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Bunting, G.S. [1543] K000434516 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Lechler [2670] Peru K000434527 Type Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13473B] Venezuela K002469826 Yes
K:SPC-29047.113 No
Steyermark, J.A.; Bunting, G.; Wessels-Boer, G. [100324] Venezuela K002469828 Yes
Díaz, C.; Jaramillo, N.; Peña, A.; Mayàn, E.; et al. [7286] Peru K002469840 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Bunting, G.; Wessels-Boer, G. [100324] Venezuela K002469830 Yes
Croat, T.B. [58985] Ecuador K002469838 No
Gentry, A.; et al. [35189] Colombia K002469834 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13410] Venezuela K002469836 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13473B] Venezuela K002469824 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Bunting, G.; Wessels-Boer, G. [100324] Venezuela K002469827 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [1898 ] Peru K002469841 Yes
Croat, T.B. [13619] Panama K002469820 Yes
Croat, T.B. [10665] Panama K002469821 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [13473A] Venezuela K002469835 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Bunting, G.; Wessels-Boer, G. [100316] Venezuela K002469829 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13410] Venezuela K002469837 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [13473A] Venezuela K002469831 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [13473A] Venezuela K002469832 Yes
Croat, T.B. [13619] Panama K002469819 Yes
Díaz, C.; Jaramillo, N.; Peña, A.; Mayàn, E.; et al. [7286] Peru K002469839 Yes
Liesner, R.; Stannard, B. [16885] Venezuela K002469823 Yes
Bunting, G.S.; Fucci, M. [13473A] Venezuela K002469833 Yes
Liesner, R.; Stannard, B. [16885] Venezuela K002469822 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N. [1898] Peru K002469842 Yes
Croat, T.B. [26866] Panama K002469817 Yes
Bunting, G.S. [13473B] Venezuela K002469825 Yes
Croat, T.B. [26866] Panama K002469818 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Haigh, A., Clark, B., Reynolds, L., Mayo, S.J., Croat, T.B., Lay, L., Boyce, P.C., Mora, M., Bogner, J., Sellaro, M., Wong, S.Y., Kostelac, C., Grayum, M.H., Keating, R.C., Ruckert, G., Naylor, M.F. and Hay, A., CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0