Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata

Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata
Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata, lower pitcher with red peristome
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. × ferrugineomarginata
Binomial name
Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata
Sh.Kurata (1982)

Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata (/nɨˈpɛnθz ˌfɛrʉˈɪni.ɵˌmɑrɨˈnɑːtə/; from Latin: ferrugineus = rust coloured, marginatus = margined) is a natural hybrid between N. albomarginata and N. reinwardtiana.[1] Its natural range covers the islands Borneo and Sumatra.[2] The type specimen was collected by Shigeo Kurata in Kenukat, West Kalimantan, in 1981. Kurata described the hybrid the following year.

N. × ferrugineomarginata has the longest binomial name of any plant in the genus.

References

  1. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  2. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sumatra and Java. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.