Nepenthes hurrelliana

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Nepenthes hurrelliana
Nepenthes hurrelliana. Borneo.
Nepenthes hurrelliana. Borneo.
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. hurrelliana
Binomial name
Nepenthes hurrelliana
M. Cheek & A. Lamb (2003)

Nepenthes hurrelliana (after Andrew Hurrell, botanist) is a highland species of pitcher plant from Borneo. It is found in northern Sarawak, Brunei and southwestern Sabah. N. hurrelliana produces attractive funnel-shaped pitchers. It is of putative hybrid origin; the two original parent species are thought to be N. fusca and N. veitchii. A thick indumentum of rusty-brown hairs covers the entire plant, a characteristic inherited from the latter.

[edit] References

  • Cheek, M., M. Jebb, C.C. Lee, A. Lamb & A. Phillipps. 2003. Nepenthes hurrelliana (Nepenthaceae), a New Species of Pitcher Plant from Borneo. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 6: 117-124.
  • Clarke, C. & Lee, C. 2004. Pitcher Plants of Sarawak. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, pp. 44-45.