Nepenthes boschiana

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Nepenthes boschiana

Lower pitcher of Nepenthes boschiana. Cultivated plant.

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

Binomial name

Nepenthes boschiana
Korth. (1839)

Distribution of N. boschiana.

Synonyms

Nepenthes borneensis
J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1989)
Nepenthes boschiana
auct. non Korth.: Becc. (1878)
[=N. maxima]
Nepenthes boschiana
auct. non Korth.: Macfarl. (1908)
[=N. boschiana/N. fallax]
Nepenthes boschiana
auct. non Korth.: Miq. (1860)
[=N. boschiana/N. sumatrana]
Nepenthes maxima
auct. non Reinw. ex Nees: Becc. (1886)
[=N. boschiana/N. fallax/N. maxima/N. sumatrana]

Nepenthes boschiana (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz bɒʃiːɑːnə/, after Johannes van den Bosch), or Bosch's Pitcher-Plant,^[1] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It is most closely related to N. faizaliana. N. borneensis is considered a synonym of this species.^[2]

N. boschiana has no known natural hybrids. No valid forms or varieties have been described.^[2]

B. H. Danser, in his 1928 monograph The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies, wrote the following:^[3]^[1]

Korthals states the natives who accompanied him on Mt. Sakoembang gathered the not yet opened pitchers, as the water which they contained was a medicament against inflammation of the eyes, whereas others cut the opened pitchers as playthings for their children. He describes the habitat as sterile, open and stony. The vernacular name 'daoen sompitan' is translated by him as blow-pipe-leaf; according to dictionaries this is right.

Original illustration of N. boschiana from 1839 by Pieter Willem Korthals.

[edit] Infraspecific taxa

Nepenthes boschiana var. lowii Hook.f. (1873) [=N. fallax]
Nepenthes boschiana var. sumatrana Miq. (1858) [=N. sumatrana]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
^ ^a ^b Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
^ Danser, B.H. 1928. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3-4): 249-438.

Adam, J.H. & C.C. Wilcock 1989. A new Nepenthes from Gunong Besar, Kalimantan Selatan, Borneo. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 42(1): 25–28.
Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R., et al. (2000). Nepenthes boschiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN B1+2e v2.3)