Nepenthes pilosa

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Nepenthes pilosa

Type material of Nepenthes pilosa.

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. pilosa

Binomial name

Nepenthes pilosa
Danser (1928)

Synonyms

Nepenthes pilosa
auct. non Danser: Phillipps & A.L.Lamb (1988) [=?N. fallax]

Nepenthes pilosa (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz paɪˈləʊzə/ or /ˈpɪləʊzə/, from Latin: pilosus = hairy), or the Golden-Furred Pitcher-Plant,^[1] is a highland pitcher plant species belonging to the genus Nepenthes. It is characterised by a dense indumentum of long, white hairs. Pitchers are cylindrical and mostly white to yellow in colouration.

Plants in cultivation identified as N. pilosa actually represent N. chaniana, a species described by Charles Clarke in 2006. While N. pilosa is endemic to Kalimantan, N. chaniana is native to Sabah. The pitchers of N. pilosa are rounder and broader in shape than those of N. chaniana.

N. pilosa was discovered in 1899 by Indonesian botanist Amdjah, who was part of the Nieuwenhuis Expedition. The type material of this species, consisting of two specimens, was collected by Amdjah on January 28, 1899 from Bukit Batu Lesung, a mountain located near the center of Kalimantan, at an altitude of approximately 1600 m. In July 2006, Charles Clarke visited wild populations of N. pilosa on Bukit Batu Lesung to confirm its status as a distinct species. Later that year he published the description of N. chaniana.

[edit] References

^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes pilosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN B1+2c, D v2.3)
Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, pp. 114-116.
New pitcher plant species that went unnoticed. Daily Express 28 October, 2006.