Nepenthes alba

Nepenthes alba
Nepenthes alba
An unusually reddish upper pitcher of N. alba growing on Mount Tahan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. alba
Binomial name
Nepenthes alba
Ridl. (1924)[1]

Nepenthes alba is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.[2] The specific epithet alba is derived from the Latin word albus, meaning "white", and refers to the colour of the upper pitchers.[2]

Natural hybrids

In Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia, Charles Clarke lists the natural hybrid N. gracillima × N. macfarlanei.[3] At the time of the book's publication, N. alba was considered a heterotypic synonym of N. gracillima. Since then, however, N. alba has been elevated to a species.[2] As both N. alba and N. gracillima occur on Mount Tahan, from which Clarke recorded the hybrid, it is unknown which taxon was involved in the cross.

References

  1. ^ Ridley, H.M. 1924. Nepenthaceae. The Flora of the Malay Peninsula 3: 21–25.
  2. ^ a b c McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  3. ^ Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

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