CHR 529687 A – Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 529687 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 June 1999
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Monstera deliciosa agg.
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
1998-08-26 (Verbatim: 26-8-98)
Preferred name:
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Kathmandu, Kathmandu City, Thamel, Malla Hotel
Verbatim locality:
Kathmandu, Kathmandu City, Thamel, Malla Hotel
Verbatim collector:
WR Sykes 341/98
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2-8-98
Start date:
1998-08-02
Country:
Nepal
Notes:
Cultivated on large tree. Massive climber with thick, rope-like stems. Petiole typically c.65cm, above narrow channelled. Lamina pendent, a typical one c.80 x 45cm; pinnae extending to midrib at maturity, curving forward with obliquely truncate apex; perforations none, middle pinnae to c.27 x 10cm. Inflor. erect. Spathe remaining folded round spadix until falling, c.27cm long, including long acuminate apex and c.12cm wide when expanded and fallen, creamy yellow. Spadix c.20cm long x 4cm diam.; cream. Florets mostly hermaphrodite; basal ones apparently only female but probably stamens fallen. Sterile portions absent. Sheets A to C (Photographs)
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