Nepenthes muluensis

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Upper pitcher of Nepenthes muluensis. Cultivated plant.
Upper pitcher of Nepenthes muluensis. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. muluensis
Binomial name
Nepenthes muluensis
Hotta (1966)

Distribution of N. muluensis.

Nepenthes muluensis (Latin: Mulu = mountain in Sarawak to which it was thought to be endemic, -ensis = from) is a highland species of pitcher plant from Borneo. It is closely related to N. tentaculata and N. hamata.

Lower pitcher of cultivated Nepenthes muluensis.
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Lower pitcher of cultivated Nepenthes muluensis.

[edit] References

  • Clarke et al (2000). Nepenthes muluensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
  • Clarke, C. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, pp. 109-110.