Nepenthes ephippiata

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Nepenthes ephippiata
 Nepenthes ephippiata. Cultivated plant.
Nepenthes ephippiata. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. ephippiata
Binomial name
Nepenthes ephippiata
Danser (1928)
Distribution of N. ephippiata.
Distribution of N. ephippiata.

Nepenthes ephippiata (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz ˈɛfɪpiːɑːtə/, from Latin: ephippium = saddle cloth, -iata = shaped), or the Saddle-Leaved Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It occurs in the Hose Mountains of central Sarawak, as well as Gunung Raya and Bukit Lesung in Kalimantan. N. ephippiata is closely related to N. lowii. Danser described the species based only on part of a stem and a female inflorescence. The form of the pitchers remained unknown until many years later.[2]

N. ephippiata has no known natural hybrids.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  2. ^ a b Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.