Nepenthes fusca

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Nepenthes fusca growing on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.
Nepenthes fusca growing on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. fusca
Binomial name
Nepenthes fusca
Danser (1928)

Nepenthes fusca (Latin: fuscus = dark brown, dusky) is an intermediate to highland species of pitcher plant from the island of Borneo. It is found throughout a wide altitudinal range (1200-2500 m) and is almost always epiphytic in nature, primarily growing in mossy forest. It is closely related to N. faizaliana.

[edit] Forms and Varieties

N. fusca

  • "var. typica (Danser)"
    • "f. white"
    • "f. Sarawak"
    • "f. Crocker Range"
  • subsp. kostermansiana (Adam & Wilcock ex Jebb & Cheek)

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[edit] References

  • Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R., et al. (2000). Nepenthes fusca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU C2 v2.3)

Clarke, C. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, pp. 87-89.