Nepenthes x sarawakiensis

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iNepenthes × sarawakiensis
Conservation status
Data deficient (DD)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. × sarawakiensis
Binomial name
Nepenthes × sarawakiensis
J. H. Adam, C. C. Wilcock & Swaine (1993)
Synonyms
  • N. × sarawakensis orth. var.

Nepenthes × sarawakiensis (after Sarawak, Borneo) is a natural hybrid involving N. muluensis and N. tentaculata. It is quite a rare plant as one of its parent species, N. muluensis, is only known from several isolated mountains.

[edit] References

  • Clarke, C.M. (1997). Nepenthes of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, p. 109. ISBN 9838120154.