Nepenthes fusca

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Nepenthes fusca
Upper pitchers of Nepenthes fusca from Mount Alab
Upper pitchers of Nepenthes fusca from Mount Alab
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. fusca
Binomial name
Nepenthes fusca
Danser (1928)
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes fusca subsp. apoensis
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock ex Jebb & Cheek (1997) nom.nud. [=N. fallax]
  • Nepenthes fusca subsp. kostermansiana
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock ex Jebb & Cheek (1997) nom.nud.
  • Nepenthes fusca
    auct. non Danser: Sh.Kurata (1976)
    [=N. stenophylla]
  • Nepenthes veitchii
    auct. non Hook.f.: End. (1927)

Nepenthes fusca (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz fʊskə/, from Latin: fuscus = dark brown, dusky), or the Dusky Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It is found throughout a wide altitudinal range (1200-2500 m) and is almost always epiphytic in nature, primarily growing in mossy forest. It is closely related to N. faizaliana and considered by some authors to be conspecific with N. zakriana.

[edit] Natural hybrids

The following natural hybrids involving N. fusca have been recorded.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  2. ^ a b c Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  3. ^ Lee, C.C. 2002. Nepenthes platychila (Nepenthaceae), a New Species of Pitcher Plant from Sarawak, Borneo. Gardens Bulletin Singapore 54: 257-261.
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