Nepenthes xiphioides

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Nepenthes xiphioides
Nepenthes xiphioides. Cultivated plant.
Nepenthes xiphioides. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Data deficient
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. xiphioides
Binomial name
Nepenthes xiphioides
Salmon & Maulder (1995)

Nepenthes xiphioides (Greek/Latin: xiphos = sword, -oides = resembling; referring to the long, thin teeth of the inner margin of the peristome) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. There is much confusion surrounding the status of this species as well as N. gymnamphora and N. pectinata.

Morphological differences between N. gymnamphora* and N. xiphioides (Salmon & Maulder, 1995)
Morphological character N. gymnamphora N. xiphioides
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.

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