Nepenthes eustachya

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Nepenthes eustachya
Cultivated plant with red leaves.
Cultivated plant with red leaves.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. eustachya
Binomial name
Nepenthes eustachya
Miq. (1858)

Distribution of N. eustachya.

Nepenthes eustachya (Greek: eu = true, stachys = spike; referring to inflorescence structure) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. It is very closely related to N. alata, a Philippine species.

Morphological differences between N. alata and N. eustachya (Jebb & Cheek, 1997)
Morphological character N. alata N. eustachya
Leaf blade lanceolate-ovate lanceolate
Leaf apex acute or attenuate rounded to sub-peltate
Petiole broadly winged scarcely or not winged
Spur simple, acutely pointed simple or bifurcate
Indumentum reddish or whitish hairs absent throughout
Structure of pitcher base texture similar to rest of pitcher, abruptly attenuate to tendril angular, woody, gradually attenuate to tendril

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