Nepenthes × sarawakiensis

Nepenthes × sarawakiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. × sarawakiensis
Binomial name
*Nepenthes × sarawakiensis* J.H.Adam, Wilcock & Swaine (1993)
Synonyms
N. × sarawakensis orth.var.

Nepenthes × sarawakiensis (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz səˌrɑːwɑːkiˈɛnsᵻs/, after Sarawak, Borneo) is a natural hybrid involving N. muluensis and N. tentaculata. It is quite a rare plant as one of its parent species, N. muluensis, is only known from several isolated mountains.

References

Adam, J.H., C.C. Wilcock & M.D. Swaine 1992. "The ecology and distribution of Bornean Nepenthes." (PDF). Journal of Tropical Forest Science 5(1): 13–25.
Adam, J.H. & C.C. Wilcock 1993. One new natural hybrid of Nepenthes from Mt. Mulu. The Sarawak Museum Journal 43: 291–294.
Adam, J. H., R. Omar & C. C. Wilcock 2002. "Phytochemical Screening of Flavonoids in Three Hybrids of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) and their Putative Parental Species from Sarawak and Sabah.". OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 2(9): 623–625. doi:10.3923/jbs.2002.623.625
Clarke, C.M. (1997). Nepenthes of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications. p. 109. ISBN 983-812-015-4.
McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

Nepenthes (list)

Species

Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Anipahan; N. sp. Misool

Possible extinct species: N. echinatus; N. echinosporus; N. major

Related topics

Nepenthes taxonomy Nepenthes species by distribution Nepenthes cultivars Nepenthes literature Nepenthes infauna Nepenthes endophytes Nepenthesin Nepenthales

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