Nepenthes zakriana

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Nepenthes zakriana
Lower pitchers of Nepenthes zakriana.
Lower pitchers of Nepenthes zakriana.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. zakriana
Binomial name
Nepenthes zakriana
(J.H.Adam & Wilcock)
J.H.Adam & Hafiza (2006)

Nepenthes zakriana (after A. H. Zakri, Director of the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies)[1] is a species of tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sabah, Borneo, where it grows at an elevation of 1200 to 1500 m.[2] It was originally described by J. H. Adam and C. C. Wilcock in 1996 as Nepenthes curtisii subsp. zakriana, but was elevated to species status in 2006. N. curtisii itself is now considered a junior synonym of N. stenophylla by some taxonomists.[3]

N. zakriana is thought to be most closely related to N. fusca. Adam and Hafiza (2006) state that N. zakriana "consistently differed from Nepenthes fusca by prominent raised midribs, extended beyond apex forming an apical glandular appendages on lower lid surface of both upper and lower pitchers; and basal half portion of the midrib developed in nail-shaped glandular crest".[2]

Some authors believe N. zakriana is too similar to N. fusca to merit species status.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ UNU/IAS: A. H. Zakri
  2. ^ a b Adam, J.H. & Hafiza A. Hamid 2006. Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes) Recorded from Keningau-Kimanis Road in Sabah, Malaysia. International Journal of Botany 2(4): 431-436. ISSN 1811-9700
  3. ^ Carnivorous Plant Database: Nepenthes curtisii
  4. ^ Rice, B.A. 2006. Do you want to tell me about a species I missed? The Carnivorous Plant FAQ.