Nepenthes burkei

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Nepenthes burkei
Nepenthes burkei lower pitcher.  Mount Halcon, Mindoro.
Nepenthes burkei lower pitcher. Mount Halcon, Mindoro.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. burkei
Binomial name
Nepenthes burkei
Hort.Veitch ex Mast. (1889)

Nepenthes burkei (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz bɜːkiːaɪ/, after David Burke, British plant collector) is a tropical pitcher plant native to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is very closely related to N. sibuyanensis and N. ventricosa. It has only recently entered cultivation.

N. burkei has no known natural hybrids.

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Two varieties of N. burkei have been described.

  • Nepenthes burkei var. excellens Hort.Veitch ex Marshall (1890)
  • Nepenthes burkei var. prolifica Mast. (1890)

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