Nepenthes burkei

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Nepenthes burkei
Conservation status
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Least Concern (cd) [EN]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. burkei
Binomial name
Nepenthes burkei
Hort.Veitch ex Mast., 1889

Nepenthes burkei (after David Burke, British plant collector) is a species of pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is very closely related to N. ventricosa. It has only recently entered cultivation.

N. burkei has no known natural hybrids.

[edit] Forms and varieties

  • Nepenthes burkei var. excellens Hort.Veitch ex Marshall, 1890
  • Nepenthes burkei var. prolifica Mast., 1890

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