Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Bunting 1989, 20 Mar 1967

  • Location

    Venezuela. Yaracuy. Sierra de Aroa: alrededores de Aracal, sitio 7 km arriba (al noroeste) de San Felipe.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3781669

    Occurrence ID: 56e6a0ed-c86f-43ed-8f4f-97293e7b13cb

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Yaracuy

  • Locality

    Sierra de Aroa: alrededores de Aracal, sitio 7 km arriba (al noroeste) de San Felipe

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 - 800 m. (1969 - 2625 ft.)

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PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA
Monstera dubia (HBK) Engler et Krause
Climbing to top of 20 m-tall tree, often with pendent branches,
covering trunk. Stems roughened by numerous lenticel-like eleva-
tions, to 1.8 cm thick. Petiole upward subterete or slightly sul-
cate, sheath wings early drying & totally lost; geniculum 7 cm
long. Blade rather thin to leathery, perforate or entire. Peduncle
rather slender, verruculose. Infructescence 13 x 4 cm, greenish
buff; pistil apices concave, to 7 mm across.
Edo. YARACUY: Sierra de Aroa: alrededores de Aracal,
sitio 7 km arriba (al noroeste) de San Felipe, en sel-
va humeda.
George S. Bunting 1989
Baltasar Trujillo
Juan de Oios Holmquist
Altura 600-800 m.
20 de marzo, 1967
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