Nepenthes alba

Nepenthes alba
An unusually reddish upper pitcher of N. alba growing on Mount Tahan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. alba
Binomial name
Nepenthes alba Ridl. (1924)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synonyms Nepenthes bongso auct. non Korth.: Ridl. (1908)[3] Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: Danser (1928);[4] Shivas (1984)[5] [=N. alba/N. gracillima/N. macfarlanei/N. ramispina] Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: Kiew (1990);[6] Jebb & Cheek (1997);[7] Cheek & Jebb (2001)[8] [=N. alba/N. benstonei/N. gracillima] Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: C.Clarke (2001)[9] [=N. alba/N. gracillima] Nepenthes singalana auct. non Becc.: Macfarl. (1908)[10] [=N. alba/N. singalana] Nepenthes singalana auct. non Becc.: Macfarl. (1914)[11]

Nepenthes alba is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.^[12] The specific epithet alba is derived from the Latin word albus, meaning "white", and refers to the colour of the upper pitchers.^[12]

References

1. Ridley, H.M. 1924. Nepenthaceae. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula 3: 21–25.
2. Clarke, C. & C.C. Lee 2012. A revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) from Gunung Tahan, Peninsular Malaysia. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 64(1): 33–49.
3. Ridley, H.N. 1908. Nepenthaceæ. [p. 320] In: On a collection of plants made by H. C. Robinson and L. Wray from Gunong Tahan, Pahang. The Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany 38(266): 301–336. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1908.tb02454.x
4. Danser, B.H. 1928. 15. Nepenthes gracillima Ridl.. [pp. 296–300] In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
5. Shivas, R.G. 1984. Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore. Maruzen Asia, Kuala Lumpur.
6. Kiew, R.G. 1990. Pitcher plants of Gunung Tahan. Journal of Wildlife and National Parks (Malaysia) 10: 34–37.
7. Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42(1): 1–106.
8. Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana 15: 1–157.
9. Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
10. Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.
11. Macfarlane, J.M. 1914. Family XCVI. Nepenthaceæ. [pp. 279–288] In: J.S. Gamble. Materials for a flora of the Malayan Peninsula, No. 24. Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 75(3): 279–391.
12. McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

• McPherson, S. 2009. Nepenthes alba and Nepenthes gracillima. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 38(4): 102–106.
• McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
• Nepenthes alba and Nepenthes gracillima by Stewart McPherson
• (German) Meimberg, H. 2002. Molekular-systematische Untersuchungen an den Familien Nepenthaceae und Ancistrocladaceae sowie verwandter Taxa aus der Unterklasse Caryophyllidae s. l.. Ph.D. thesis, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich.
• Meimberg, H. & G. Heubl 2006. Introduction of a nuclear marker for phylogenetic analysis of Nepenthaceae. Plant Biology 8(6): 831–840. doi:10.1055/s-2006-924676
• Meimberg, H., S. Thalhammer, A. Brachmann & G. Heubl 2006. Comparative analysis of a translocated copy of the trnK intron in carnivorous family Nepenthaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 478–490. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.023

External links

• Photographs of N. alba at the Carnivorous Plant Photofinder