Monstera lechleriana Schott

Taxonomic Classification

Monstera lechleriana is a flowering plant species that belongs to the genus Monstera in the arum plant family, Araceae.

Native Range

It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Etymology

This species is named after German botanist Willibald Lechler, who collected the original type specimen of the plant in 1854.

Scientific Description Publication

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott scientifically described this species by 1860.

Growth Habit

Like all other Monstera species, Monstera lechleriana is an epiphytic climbing vine.

Growth Habitat and Foliage

It grows on the lower trunks of trees, and when mature it produces large leaves with perforations on each side of the leaf midrib.