Monstera lechleriana Schott

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Miranda

• Locality

  Parque Nacional Guatopo: Alto San Antonio: carretera Santa Teresa- Altagracia de Orituco, ca. 1 km south of junction of road to Caucagua

• Elevation

  Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

• Coordinates

  10.17, -66.53

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Monstera
VENEZUELA
lechleriana Schott
Large climber to 4 m on tree trunk in forest. Flowering stem 2.6
cm thick, internodes 3 cm long often hidden by petiole bases.
Petiole mottled paler green, sheath wings not drying; geniculum
4-7 cm long, adax. channeled with alulate margins continued onto
the non-vaginate part. Blade thick leathery-brittle, adax. glossy
dark green, rib angular-concave x 10-11 mm & medium green, I.
veins sulcate 10-11 per side; abax. very glossy pale green, rib
strong & paler, I.'s creamy. Peduncle 24.5 cm long. Spadix 21 x
5.7 cm. Fruits apically greenish with white zone around the
short (2 mm) stigmata, 1.9 x 0.7-0.8 cm.
George S. Bunting 2075
G.C.K. & E. Dunsterville
Robert L. Dressier
19 April 1967
Edo. MIRANDA: Parque Nacional Guatopo: Alto San An-
tonio: carretera Santa Teresa-Altagracia de Orituco,
ca. 1 km south of junction of road to Caucagua, Long
66°321 W., Lat. 10°10' N. Alt. ca. 600 m.