Monstera punctulata (Schott) Schott ex Engl.

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Puntarenas

• Locality

  Along road about halfway between Flor del Roble and Las Alturas de Coto Brus

• Elevation

  Alt. 1250 m. (4101 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.9, -82.85

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ARACEAE
Monstera punctulata (Schott) Engl.
Det. M.H. Grayumr 1985
Prov. PUNTARENAS: Along road about
halfway between Flor del Roble and
Las Alturas de COto Brus. 8054'Nr
82°51'w. Elev. ca. 1250 m.
Large# coarse/ appressed-climbing
epiphyte on trunk of large tree at edge
I of disturbed forest. Fertile ca. 5 m
I above ground. Very common throughout this
I area. Stem ca. 4 cm thick* the epidermis
yellowish-brown^ brittle and cracking?
13 July 1985
Michael H. Grayum & Barry Hammel 5691
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
petioles dark greenr matter with minute
Vhit&sh speckles; sheath deciduous;
geniculunv shallowly concave abover the
margins rounded; lamina subcoriaceousr
matte abover weakly glossy belowr weakly
bicolored; midrib obscurely sunken abover
nearly flatr convex below; primary lateral
veins sunken abover concave (C-shaped)
and much paler below; tertiary veins
visible and raised below; peduncle
elliptical in sectionr matter roughened
with minute whitish tuberclesr becoming
uniformly golden in fruit; spathe at
anthesis yellowish-green externallyr
creamy-yellow within; spadix pale lemon-
yellow at female-receptive stage of
13 July 1985
Michael H. Grayum & Barry Hammel 5691
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
anthesisr pale tawny-brown in ripe
fruiting stage; cataphylls 2-ridgedr
yellow-green and whitish-fleckedr
roughened toward base.
13 July 1985
Michael H. Grayum & Barry Hammel 5691
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (MO)
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