Araceae
Monstera

Monstera minima Madison

First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 207: 72 (1977)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to NW. Colombia. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 100 m.; Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora, hemiepífita
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Pacific. Elevation range: 0–100 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Chocó.
Habit
Herb, Hemiepiphyte, Climbing.
[UPFC]

CATE Araceae, 17 Dec 2011. araceae.e-monocot.org

Distribution

Monstera minima is known only from the Caribbean coast of Panama (San Bias Province) and along the Pacific slope of northern Colombia (Choco) at 50-150 m in premontane wet and tropical wet forest.

General Description

Hemiepiphytic; stem scandent, terete, stems 20-30 cm long, matte, dark green; internodes, 1-2 cm long, 3-4 mm diam., matte, dark green; leaf scars line-shaped; cataphylls membranaceous, paler than stem, 7-8 cm long, 1.5-1.8 cm wide, deciduous; leaves erect to spreading, distributed mainly near the apex; petioles 2.0-6.0 cm long, sheathed almost throughout, the free part 4-8 mm long, terete; sheath deciduous; leaf scars linear; blades, lanceolate, 9-14 cm long, 2.0-4.0 cm wide, narrowly acuminate at apex, narrowly acute at base, dark green and semiglossy above, slightly paler and semiglossy below; primary lateral veins inconspicuous or slightly sunken above, slightly prominent and concolorous below; minor veins indistinct. Inflorescence erect, 1 per axil, erect; peduncle 16-18 cm long, 3-4 mm diam., light green, matte; spathe 6.5-7.5, 3.2-4.0 cm wide, creamy yellow, ellipsoid, matte; spadix white, 4.4 cm long, 0.9-1 cm diam., cylindrical, creamy yellow; flowers prismatic, 2.5 mm diam., 3.5 mm long; immature stamens 1.5 mm long; fllaments 0.5 mm long; anthers 1 mm long, basifixed; ovary 1-locular; style absent; stigma 1.5 mm long, linear. Immature infructescence green, 5 cm long, 1.8 cm diam., light green; berries subprismatic, 4-5 mm long, 6-7 mm diam., truncate at the apex.

Habitat

It occurs mainly in undisturbed forests in the lower three m of the forest, growing over shrubs and small trees in heavily shaded and humid conditions.

[CATE]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

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