Nepenthes khasiana

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Nepenthes khasiana. Cultivated plant.
Nepenthes khasiana. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. khasiana
Binomial name
Nepenthes khasiana
Hook. f. (1873)

Distribution of N. khasiana.

Nepenthes khasiana (after Khasi Hills, to which it is endemic) is a pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes. It is the only Nepenthes species native to India. It has a very localised distribution and is very rare in the wild. N. khasiana is classified as Endangered and is on CITES Appendix I along with N. rajah.

[edit] References

Jebb, M. & Cheek, M. 1997. A Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42(1): 36.

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