Nepenthes glabrata

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Nepenthes glabrata. Cultivated plant.
Nepenthes glabrata. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. glabrata
Binomial name
Nepenthes glabrata
Turnbull & Middleton (1984)

Nepenthes glabrata (Latin: glaber = bald) is a species of pitcher plant native to Sulawesi. It does not seem to be closely related to any other Nepenthes species. It has dainty, colourful pitchers only reaching a couple centimetres in height.

[edit] References

  • Clarke et al (2000). Nepenthes glabrata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
  • Jebb, M. & Cheek, M. 1997. A Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42(1), p. 42.