Nepenthes cid

Nepenthes cid

Botanical illustration of N. cid from Cheek and Jebb's type description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. cid
Binomial name
*Nepenthes cid* Jebb & Cheek (2013)^[1]

Nepenthes cid is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, where it has been recorded as an epiphyte on tall trees at 770 m altitude.^[1]

This species belongs to the informal "N. micramphora group", which also includes N. abgracilis from northeastern Mindanao and N. micramphora from southeastern Mindanao.^[1]

The specific epithet cid refers to F. Cid of the University of the Philippines herbarium, who collected the type specimen in 1952.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. The Nepenthes micramphora (Nepenthaceae) group, with two new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Phytotaxa 151(1): 25–34. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.151.1.2

Smith, L. 2014. Pitcher perfect - but carnivorous plants are at risk. The Independent, January 5, 2014.

Nepenthes (list)

Species

Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Anipahan; N. sp. Luzon; N. sp. Misool

Possible extinct species: N. echinatus; N. echinosporus; N. major

Related topics

Nepenthes taxonomy Nepenthes species by distribution Nepenthes cultivars Nepenthes literature Nepenthes infauna Nepenthes endophytes Nepenthesin Nepenthales

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