Nepenthes gymnamphora
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Nepenthes gymnamphora |
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Young plant with lower pitchers. Java.
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Nepenthes gymnamphora Nees. (1824) |
Nepenthes gymnamphora (Greek: gymnos = naked, amphoreus = pitcher) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to Java. There is much confusion surrounding the status of this species and the closely related N. pectinata and N. xiphioides.
Morphological character | N. gymnamphora | N. xiphioides |
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Longitudinal leaf veins | 3-6 running in outer 2/3- 4/5 of blade | 2-3 running in outer 1/2 of blade |
Leaf margins | covered with short dense hair | glabrous |
Rosette leaf tendril | about as long as the pitcher | 2-3 times as long as the leaf |
Rosette pitchers | 8-12 cm tall, 3-4 cm broad | 4-5.5 cm tall, 1.5-2 cm broad |
Aerial pitchers | present | absent |
Peristome teeth | 3-6 times as long as broad | 6-8 times as long as broad |
Inflorescence | mostly 2 flowered, upper most ones 1 flowered; rarely most or all of them 1 flowered | 1 flowered but bearing some 2 flowered pedicels in lower 1/3 |
Staminal column | hairy at base or over whole length | glabrous |
* Salmon & Maulder (1995) treat N. pectinata as conspecific with N. gymnamphora.
[edit] References
- Clarke et al (2000). Nepenthes gymnamphora. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.
- Clarke, C. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, pp. 134-142.
- Salmon, B.R. & R.G. Maulder 1995. Two New Species of Nepenthes from North Sumatra, Indonesia. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 24(3): 77-85.
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