Vol. 78 No. 2 (2023)
Articles

Three new species and a new record of Monstera Adans. sect. Marcgraviopsis Madison (Araceae: Monsteroideae: Monstereae) from the Caribbean watershed in Costa Rica and Panama

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  • Marco Cedeño-Fonseca,
  • Orlando O. Ortiz,
  • Alistair Hay,
  • Mario A. Blanco
Marco Cedeño-Fonseca
Programa de Posgrado en Biología / Herbario Luis Fournier Origgi (USJ), Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
Orlando O. Ortiz
Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Alistair Hay
Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Mrs Macquarie’s Road, Sydney 2000, Australia.
Mario A. Blanco
Herbario Luis Fournier Origgi (USJ), Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, Apdo.11501−2060, San José, Costa Rica
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14904

Published 2023-10-10

Keywords

  • Araceae,
  • Central America,
  • conservation,
  • Monstera,
  • taxonomy

How to Cite

Cedeño-Fonseca, M., Ortiz, O. O., Hay, A., & Blanco, M. A. (2023). Three new species and a new record of Monstera Adans. sect. Marcgraviopsis Madison (Araceae: Monsteroideae: Monstereae) from the Caribbean watershed in Costa Rica and Panama. Webbia, 78(2), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-14904

Copyright (c) 2023 Marco Cedeño-Fonseca, Orlando O. Ortiz, Alistair Hay, Mario A. Blanco

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Abstract

Three new species from Monstera sect. Marcgraviopsis, M. caribaea M.Cedeño, O.Ortiz & A.Hay, M. lamersiana M.Cedeño & A.Hay and M. panamensis M.Cedeño & O.Ortiz, are described, and new record of M. guzmanjacobiae Díaz Jim. et al. for Costa Rica is reported here. The new species are compared with the most similar described species with shingling juveniles, and illustrated from living plants.

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