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Monstera lechleriana

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Monstera lechleriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Monstera
Species:
M. lechleriana
Binomial name
Monstera lechleriana

Monstera lechleriana is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae.[1] It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela.[1] The species is named for the German botanist Willibald Lechler, who collected the original type specimen in 1854. It was the scientifically described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott by 1860. Like other species of Monstera, the plant is an epiphytic climbing vine which grows on the lower trunks of trees, and which produces large leaves with perforations when mature that appear on each side of the midrib of the foliage.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Monstera lechleriana Schott | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. ^ Madison, Michael (1977). "A Revision of Monstera (araceae)". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (207): 3–100. doi:10.5962/p.336443. ISSN 0195-6094. JSTOR 41764722.