- Nepenthes holdenii
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Nepenthes holdenii A lower pitcher of N. holdenii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. holdenii Binomial name Nepenthes holdenii
Mey (2010)[1]Nepenthes holdenii is a tropical pitcher plant from western Cambodia, where it grows at elevations of 600–800 m above sea level.[1] The species was originally known from only two peaks in the Cardamom Mountains, but the discovery of a new population was reported in October 2011.[2]
References
- ^ a b Mey, F.S., M. Catalano, C. Clarke, A. Robinson, A. Fleischmann & S. McPherson 2010. Nepenthes holdenii (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pyrophytic pitcher plant from the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia.PDF In: S.R. McPherson Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1306–1331.
- ^ Mey, F.S. 2011. New Nepenthes holdenii population located!. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, October 8, 2011.
- Guerini, M. 2011. 2010: new species of Carnivorous Plants.PDF Associazione Italiana Piante Carnivore.
- Hruby, D. 2010. Another carnivorous plant discovered. The Phnom Penh Post, November 15, 2010.
- Mey, F.S. 2010. Introduction to the pitcher plants (Nepenthes) of Cambodia.PDF Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2010(2): 106–117.
- Mey, F.S. 2010. Nepenthes holdenii. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, October 31, 2010.
- Mey, F.S. 2010. Nepenthes holdenii and some ant-plants in the Cardamom mountains. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, December 7, 2010.
- Carnivorous plant found by Cambridge conservationists. BBC News, November 15, 2010.
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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.