Nepenthes macrophylla

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Nepenthes macrophylla
Lower pitcher of cultivated plant.
Lower pitcher of cultivated plant.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. macrophylla
Binomial name
Nepenthes macrophylla
(Marabini) Jebb & Cheek (1997)
Distribution of N. macrophylla.
Distribution of N. macrophylla.
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes edwardsiana subsp. macrophylla
    Marabini (1987)

Nepenthes macrophylla (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz ˈmækrəʊˌfɪlə//, from Latin: macro = large, phylla = leaves), or the Large-Leaved Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a tropical pitcher plant known only from a very restrictive elevation on Mount Trus Madi in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. It is an ultrahighland mountain plant requiring cool temperatures with high humidity at night. N. macrophylla was once thought to be a subspecies of N. edwardsiana, but is much larger than that species (although its pitchers are smaller) and differs in peristome morphology. The pitchers grow to 28 cm high and bear an impressive spiked peristome.[2]

[edit] Natural hybrids

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

[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.
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