Araceae
Monstera

Monstera obliqua Miq.

First published in Linnaea 18: 79 (1845)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad to Central & S. Tropical America. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

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. A revision of Monstera (Araceae). Contrib. Gray Herb.. 207: 1-101.

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.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Projeto Flora Cristalino; Sasaki, D.; Vieira, I.; Piva, J.H. [425] Brazil K000578851 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Williams, R.S. [676] Bolivia K000434525 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Fendler, A. [736] Trinidad and Tobago K000434457 Type Yes
Juncosa, A. [1889] Colombia K002469878 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10662] Bolivia K001321488 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Panama K002469871 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [12423] Bolivia K001321484 Yes
Solomon, J.C. [6193] Bolivia K001321489 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Menacho, M. [12637] Bolivia K001321487 Yes
Sytsma, K.J. [3878] Panama K002469869 Yes
Nadruz, M.; Mayo, S. [886] Brazil K000303018 Yes
{Mabberley; Sugden} [1850] Panama K002469873 Yes
Williams, R.S. [679] Bolivia K001321486 Yes
Sakuragui, C.M. [1060] Brazil K:SPC-62941.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [6444] Ecuador K002469879 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Lockwood, T.; Kennedy, H.; Schultes, R.E. [2344] Colombia K002469877 Yes
Hammel, B.; de Nevers, G.; Cuadros, H.; Herrera, H. [16486] Panama K002469874 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Poveda, L.J. [11542] Costa Rica K002466732 Yes
Araujo-Murakami, A.; Poma, A.; Palabral, A. [866] Bolivia K001321485 Yes
Mayo, S.; Carvalho, F.A. [878] Brazil K000303020 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Panama K002469870 Yes
Mayo, S.; Carvalho, F.A. [878] Brazil K000303019 Yes
Kennedy, H. [2753] Panama K002469872 Yes
Lewis, W.H.; Burch, D.; Dwyer, J.D.; Elias, T.S. [264] Panama K002469867 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Daza, A.; López, E. [17118] Peru K002469881 Yes
Nadruz, M.; Mayo, S. [898] Brazil K000303017 Yes
Grayum, M.; Herrera, G.; Chavarría, F. [4458] Costa Rica K002466731 Yes
Mayo, S.; Santos, T.S.; Argolo, A.J.S. [823] Brazil K000303021 Yes
Lister, J.R.A.; Colchester, M.E.M. [2098] Venezuela K002469882 Yes
Gentry, A. [43722] Peru K002469880 Yes
{Herrera, G.; Esteban Sandoval McCarthy (Pollito)} [7600] Costa Rica K002466730 Yes
Hunter, A.A.; Allen, P.H. [544] Panama K002469868 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • CATE Araceae

    • 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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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