Nepenthes klossii

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Nepenthes klossii
Nepenthes klossii. Cultivated plant.
Nepenthes klossii. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. klossii
Binomial name
Nepenthes klossii
Ridl. (1916)

Nepenthes klossii (after H. S. Kloss, who discovered it in 1913) is an unusual carnivorous pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes.

N. klossii is endemic to New Guinea. It occurs in grassland at elevations ranging from 100 m to 2000 m, making it both a lowland and highland species. In the wild, N. klossii is apparently sympatric with N. maxima.[1]

Along with N. aristolochioides, N. klossii is the only species in the genus to employ domed pitchers with white patches that allow light to enter. It has been suggested that this serves to attract flying insects in a similar manner to the North American pitcher plants Darlingtonia californica and Sarracenia minor.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jebb, M. & M. Cheek 1997. A Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea 42: 1-106.