Nepenthes x alisaputrana

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iNepenthes × alisaputrana
Lower pitcher of Nepenthes × alisaputrana.  Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.
Lower pitcher of Nepenthes × alisaputrana. Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.
Conservation status
DD [EN?]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. × alisaputrana
Binomial name
Nepenthes × alisaputrana
Adam & Wilcock, 1992

Distribution of N. × alisaputrana.

Nepenthes × alisaputrana (after Datuk Lamri Ali, Director of Sabah Parks) is a hybrid of two well-known Nepenthes pitcher plant species: N. burbidgeae and N. rajah. The plant is confined to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo. N. × alisaputrana produces spectacular pitchers rivalling those of its parent species (>30 cm high, <20 cm wide). It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

[edit] References

Clarke, C. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, p. 157.

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