Nepenthes pectinata

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Nepenthes pectinata
Intermediate pitchers of N. pectinata
Intermediate pitchers of N. pectinata
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. pectinata
Binomial name
Nepenthes pectinata
Danser (1928)
Synonyms

Nepenthes pectinata (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz ˈpɛktɪnˌɑːtə/, from Latin: pectinata = comb-shaped) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. There is much confusion surrounding the status of this species as well as N. gymnamphora and N. xiphioides.

B. H. Danser's original description of N. pectinata was based on material that included upper pitchers of N. singalana.[1]

What Danser considered to be the hybrid N. pectinata × N. singalana actually represented pure N. singalana.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
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