CHR 517935 D – Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517935 D
Specimen type:
Vial (1000)
Database record added:
13 January 2010
Database record updated:
03 March 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Monstera deliciosa
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
1997-12-07 (Verbatim: 7 Dec 1997)
Preferred name:
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Auckland City, Mount Albert, 9 Ferner Avenue
Verbatim locality:
Auckland City, Mount Albert, 9 Ferner Avenue
Verbatim collector:
WR Sykes 471/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7 Dec 1997
Start date:
1997-12-07
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated on tree fern.
Notes:
Liane with thick rope-like stems climbing to top of tree fern 3-4 m high; adventitious roots present. Petiole to 30 inches long. Lamina to 25 x 27 inches, very broadly oblong, fenestrated. Peduncle about 20 cm long, erect, stout. Spathe about 26 x 12 cm, creamy-yellow, thick, opening and forming a deep concave "shell" around spadix, no constricted portion at base. Spadix c. 15 x 3 cm, thickly cylindric, pale greenish, prominently segmented, each segment slightly depressed, 4-5-sided, all segments the same, presumably bisexual. Fruiting spadix (almost mature) to c. 25 x 7 cm, broad cylindric, apex obtuse; fruits c. 2 cm across, ± 4-(5)-sided. Fruit edible and very sweet beneath stigma caps, these separating from base upwards.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C, D (Spirit: 5-0007)
Specimen links
Is Part Of:
Assigned reference numbers
Spirit Number Series 5:
5-0007
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Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
