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Taxon

Monstera deliciosa Liebm.

Protologue Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1849) 19.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 013.jpg

Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 014.jpg

Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 015.jpg

Monstera deliciosa--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest; introduced into Ascension, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Honduras, Korea, Nicaragua, Seychelles, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 29, 2003

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

February 22, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Monstera

Specific Epithet

deliciosa

Authorship

Liebm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 9.8

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.8

Global rank

#55,610 of 335,497

Top 17%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →