Monstera obliqua Miq.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Peru

• State/Province

  Loreto

• County/Municipio

  Maynas Prov.

• City/Township

  Iquitos

• Locality

  On the island in the Amazon River directly in front of Iquitos

• Coordinates

  -3.66537, -73.2363

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  4728

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Coordinates of the island center were located. Linear extent was calculated as the halved distance between coordinates and center of nearest named place, Iquitos (4710 m). Uncertainty radius was determined using the MaNIS Georef. Calculator.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PERU
Field Museum of Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Perù
Dpto. Loreto : Prov. Maynas ^
Dtto. Iquitos
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Consterà falcifolia Sng3**fc.
det Sara Jane Lamleln, 197?
Climbing vine on tree trunk at 1.5 m. height;
stems about 8 mm, in diameter, green; rooting
at nodes; inflorescence with yellow spathe and
yellowish green spadix.
In moderate shade on the trunk of a large tree
of the Genipa species. On the island in the
Amazon ^iver directly in front of Iquitos.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Monstera
Determined by Thomas B. Croat,
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
Coll. Donald R. Simpson 684
& José Schunke V.
February 17, 1968
1997
Collection» of a cooperative project sponsored by the Servicio Forestal y de Caza (Lima Peru)
Zi grantno. SS Natural History (Chicago).. Funded by National Science Founda-
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