Monstera lechleriana Schott

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Aragua

• Locality

  Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: near Rancho Grande, along trail from the Rancho to the Toma (water intake), just below the Toma

• Elevation

  Alt. 1200 m. (3937 ft.)

• Coordinates

  10.3867, -67.6109

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  19741.6

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Coordinates of the city center were located. Linear extent was calculated as the halved distance between coordinates and center of nearest named place, P.N. San Esteban (19730 m). Uncertainty radius was determined using the MaNIS Georef. Calculator.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Monstera lechleriana Schott
Det.: Alejandro Zuluaga, July-2015
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PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA	“
Monstera cf. lechleriana Schott
(approaching M. adansonii Schott)
Climber on Cecropia ca. 5 m above ground, in open spot. Stem 3-3.5
cm diam. Petiole strongly thickened in basal 8 cm, at midpt. with
sheath margins erect but closed together, 2 cm high, non-vaginate
part adax. with strong channel with sharp-angular margins; geni-
culum 6-7 cm long, 1.5 cm wide in side view. Blade subcoriaceous,
brittle, very venose, I.'s strong, margins very undulate; abax.
glossy medium bright green, I.*s cream, midrib greenish cream,
largest leaf with only 4 holes on one side & 1 on other side, some
lvs. not fenestrate. Spathe 19 cm long, 5.5 cm longer than spa-
dix, yellowish cream abax. and creamy white adax., strongly hood-
ed with elongate conic apex; immature spathes gray-green outside
but not glaucous (as seem in dry specs.). Spadix 13.5 x 2.3 cm,
greenish-cream, flowers 7 mm tall; older spadix to 16 x 2.6 cm.
Edo. ARAGUA: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: near Ran-
cho Grande, along trail from the Rancho to the Toma
(water intake), just below the Toma, in tall cloud
forest. Elev. ca. 1200 m.
Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS)
George S. Bunting 1959
18 March-8 April 1967
03781732