Nepenthes edwardsiana

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Nepenthes edwardsiana
Illustration of Nepenthes edwardsiana from Life in the Forests of the Far East published in 1862.
Illustration of Nepenthes edwardsiana from Life in the Forests of the Far East published in 1862.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. edwardsiana
Binomial name
Nepenthes edwardsiana
Low ex Hook.f. (1859)
Distribution of N. edwardsiana.
Distribution of N. edwardsiana.
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes edgeworthii
    Rchb.f. ex G.Beck (1895)

Nepenthes edwardsiana (after George Edwards, Governor of the Crown Colony of Labuan) is a species of pitcher plant found only on Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It is perhaps the most spectacular of all Nepenthes species, having the most highly developed peristome of any species in the genus together with N. hamata. It is also notable for producing some of the largest pitchers - up to 50 cm high and 15 cm wide.

No forms or varieties of N. edwardsiana have been described.

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[edit] References

  • Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R., et al. (2000). Nepenthes edwardsiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2e, D1 v2.3)
  • Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, pp. 79-83.