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Taxon

Monstera acuminata K.Koch

Protologue Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 4.BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 187.jpg

Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 187.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 188.jpg

Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 188.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 186.jpg

Monstera acuminata--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 7 Apr 03. 186.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Garden no. 951116A

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Araceae

Genus

Monstera

Specific Epithet

acuminata

Authorship

K.Koch

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 7.9

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

0.7

Global rank

#65,860 of 335,497

Top 20%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →