Characteristics
Monocots
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.
SWISS-CHEESE PLANT; CUT-LEAF PHILODENDRON
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Not Native
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Citation
MONSTERA DELICIOSA Liebmann, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjoebenhavn 1: 19. 1849.
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MEXICO: Oaxaca: Western Cordillera, Dec. 1842, Liebmann s.n. (holotype: C).
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Synonyms
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Monstera borsigiana
Monstera borsigiana Engler, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 266. 1879, non K. Koch 1862.
TYPE: MEXICO: Valle de Cordoba, Jan 1866, Bourgeau 1904 (holotype: B?; isotypes: BR, C, GH, L, LEP, S, US).
Monstera borsigiana
Monstera borsigiana K. Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 5: 275. 1862.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Monstera deliciosa var. borsigiana
Monstera deliciosa Liebmann, var. borsigiana Engler & K. Krause, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 37): 111. 1908.
BASIONYM: Monstera borsigiana Engler 1879, non K. Koch 1862.
Monstera deliciosa var. sierrana
Monstera deliciosa Liebmann, var. sierrana Bunting, Gentes Herb. 9: 320. 1965.
TYPE: MEXICO: Oaxaca: Sierra de Juarez, 15 mi. S of Valle Nacional on road to Oaxaca, Sep 1961, Moore & Bunting 8918 (holotype: BH; isotypes: K, UC, US).
Monstera lennea
Monstera lennea K. Koch, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 277. 1852.
BASIONYM: Philodendron pertusum Kunth & Bouche 1848.
Monstera tacanaensis
Monstera tacanaensis Matuda, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 43(Ser. Bot.): 55. 1974 ("1972").
TYPE: MEXICO: Chiapas: Union Juarez, W slope of Volcan Tacana, Feb 1969, Matuda 37584 (holotype: MEXU).
Philodendron anatomicum
Philodendron anatomicum Kunth, Index Sem. (Berlin) 1847: 11. 1847.
Philodendron pertusum
Philodendron pertusum Kunth & Bouche, Index Sem. Hort. Bot. Berol. 1848: 11. 1848.
TYPE: GUATEMALA: Cultivated at Berlin, from material collected in Guatemala by Warscewicz, Koch s.n. (holotype: B destroyed?).
Tornelia fragrans
Tornelia fragrans Guttierez, Linnaea 26: 382. 1854 ("1853"), nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Monstera deliciosa Liebmann 1849.
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