Vol. 75 No. 2 (2020)
Articles
Published
November 18, 2020
Keywords
- Aroids,
- Central America,
- Monstera obliqua,
- Panamanian flora
How to Cite
Cedeño-Fonseca, M., Ortíz, O. O., Zuluaga, A., Jiménez-Segura, M., & Croat, T. B. (2020). A new orange-fruited species of Monstera (Araceae: Monsteroideae) from Panama. Webbia, 75(2), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-9680
Copyright (c) 2020 Marco Cedeño-Fonseca, Orlando O. Ortíz, Alejandro Zuluaga, Mario Jiménez-Segura, Thomas B. Croat

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Abstract
Monstera alcirana, endemic to Panamá, is described and illustrated using a color plate based on photographs of the vegetative and reproductive structures of living material. This species is the fourth of the very small species of Monstera in Central America. It is morphologically similar to M. obliqua, M. minima and M. gambensis but differs by has short internodes, thickly coriaceous blade and peduncle longer than the length of the leaf.