Nepenthes bellii

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Nepenthes bellii
Upper pitcher of Nepenthes bellii. Philippines.
Upper pitcher of Nepenthes bellii. Philippines.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. bellii
Binomial name
Nepenthes bellii
K.Kondo (1969)
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes globamphora
    Sh.Kurata & Toyoshima (1972)

Nepenthes bellii (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz bɛliːaɪ/, after C. R. Bell, American botanist) is a tropical pitcher plant species endemic to the Surigao provinces on the Philippine island of Mindanao. It is a lowland species, occurring at 250 to 800 m altitude.[1]

N. bellii is closely related to N. sibuyanensis.

[edit] References

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


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