- Nepenthes chaniana
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Nepenthes chaniana An upper pitcher of Nepenthes chaniana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. chaniana Binomial name Nepenthes chaniana
C.Clarke, Chi C.Lee & S.McPherson (2006)[1]Nepenthes chaniana (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˌtʃæniˈɑːnə/, after Datuk Chan Chew Lun, Managing Director of Natural History Publications (Borneo)) 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.
Cultivated plants of this species were for a long time misidentified as N. pilosa. While N. pilosa is endemic to Kalimantan, N. chaniana is native to Sabah and Sarawak (Bukit Batu Lawi and other mountains). The pitchers of N. pilosa are rounder and broader in shape than those of N. chaniana.
The type specimen of N. chaniana was collected by Charles Clarke on Mount Alab, the highest peak in Crocker Range National Park.
Natural hybrids
- ? N. albomarginata × N. chaniana[2]
- N. chaniana × N. veitchii[3][4]
Plants identified by Charles Clarke[3][5] as a hybrid between N. chaniana (known as N. pilosa at the time)[1] and N. lowii are now thought to represent N. fusca × N. lowii.[4]
References
- ^ a b Clarke, C.M., C.C. Lee & S. McPherson 2006. Nepenthes chaniana (Nepenthaceae), a new species from north-western Borneo. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 7: 53–66.
- ^ McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- ^ a b Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ a b Phillips, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ (Czech) Macák, M. 2000. Portréty rostlin - Nepenthes lowii Hook. F.. Trifid 2000(3–4): 51–55. (page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5)
- New pitcher plant species that went unnoticed. Daily Express October 28, 2006.
- Adam, J.H., C.C. Wilcock & M.D. Swaine 1992. The ecology and distribution of Bornean Nepenthes.PDF Journal of Tropical Forest Science 5(1): 13–25.
- Thorogood, C. 2010. The Malaysian Nepenthes: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, New York.
External links
- Photographs of N. chaniana at the Carnivorous Plant Photofinder
Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Misool • N. sp. Papua • N. sp. Sulawesi
Possible extinct species: N. echinatus • N. echinosporus • N. majorThis Nepenthes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.