Nepenthes spectabilis

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Nepenthes spectabilis

Lower pitcher of Nepenthes spectabilis. Berastagi, Sumatra.

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. spectabilis

Binomial name

Nepenthes spectabilis
Danser (1928)

Nepenthes spectabilis (Latin: spectabilis = visible, notable) is a Nepenthes pitcher plant species native to Sumatra. It is thought to be most closely related to N. lavicola.

Differences between *N. lavicola*, *N. singalana* and *N. spectabilis* (Wistuba & Rischer, 1996)
Character	N. lavicola	N. singalana	N. spectabilis
Shape of lower pitchers	urceolate to globose	basal part infundibuliform, cylindrical in the upper part	ovate in the lower part, cylindrical in the upper part
Shape of upper pitchers	slender, lower part infundibuliform to ovate then ventricose, slightly hipped in the middle narrowing to the somewhat waisted cylindrical upper part	lower half infundibuliform, mostly ventricose in the middle, cylindrical or slightly narrowed towards the mouth	infundibuliform in the lower half, tubulose in the upper half
Colour of pitchers	usually dark brownish purple to almost black, peristome yellowish green, sometimes with red stripes, occasionally colour of pitchers yellowish green with blackish spots, innerside of the pitchers pale green, in the lower pitchers red spotted	light green to dark red, violett spotted or not	light green, with numerous longitudinal dark violett - brown stripes and spots
Lid	ovate-cordate	suborbicular, cordate at the base	orbiculate
Spur	up to 0.5 cm in length, branched in case of lower pitchers	2-3 mm, slightly flattened, not branched	2 cm in length, simple
Spur insertion	close to the lid base	close to the lid	5-10 mm below the lid base
Floral bracts	bracts very prominent, usually overarching the flowers, some of the lower ones reaching several cm in length	male: filiform bract, female: without bract	pedicels bearing filiform bracts
Fruit	2-3 times as long as broad, up to 1.8 cm long	up to 30 mm long	very slender, 4-5 cm in length

Nepenthes spectabilis holotype (Lörzing 7308).

[edit] References

Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes spectabilis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, pp. 190-192.
Wistuba, A. & H. Rischer 1996. Nepenthes lavicola, a new species of Nepenthaceae from the Aceh Province in the North of Sumatra. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25(4): 106-111.