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Nepenthes veitchii 
Nepenthes veitchii from Bario, Sarawak Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. veitchii Binomial name Nepenthes veitchii
Hook.f. (1859)Synonyms - Nepenthes lanata
Lindl. ex Mast. (1872) - Nepenthes sanguinea
auct. non Lindl.: Mast. (1882) - Nepenthes villosa
auct. non Hook.f.: Hook. (1858)
[=N. veitchii/N. villosa]
Heterochresonyms- Nepenthes veitchii
auct. non Hook.f.: End. (1927)
[=N. fusca]
Nepenthes veitchii (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˈveɪtʃi.aɪ/ or /ˈviːtʃi.aɪ/, after James Veitch, nurseryman of the Veitch Nurseries),[1] or Veitch's Pitcher-Plant,[2] is a Nepenthes species from the island of Borneo. The plant is widespread in north-western Borneo and can also be found in parts of Kalimantan. N. veitchii usually grows as an epiphyte, though the form from Bario seems to be strictly terrestrial in nature and has not been observed to climb trees.
Frederick William Burbidge described the growth habit of N. veitchii in The Gardeners' Chronicle as follows:[2][3]
Now as to N. Veitchii. This is a true epiphyte. I never met with it on the ground anywhere, but in great quantity 20—100 feet high on tree trunks. Its distichous habit is unique, I fancy, and then some of the leaves actually clasp around the tree just as a man would fold his arms around it in similar circumstances. No other species of Nepenthes, so far as I know, has this habit.
Odoardo Beccari found N. veitchii on the top of Mount Santubong in 1865. He wrote the following account of his discovery:[2][4]
This is one of the finest and rarest of all pitcher-plants. [...] Some of the specimens I got measured quite ten inches in length. The mouth of the pitcher in this species is certainly its most conspicuous and remarkable part by reason of its rich orange colour and its vertical position. It is also a perfect trap to entice insects into its interior, attracting them from a distance by its bright colours. Sir Joseph Hooker compares the mouth of the pitchers of N. veitchii to the gills of a fish, to which, indeed, with their narrow lamellae converging to the centre, they bear considerable resemblance.
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Infraspecific taxa
The following infraspecific taxa of N. veitchii have been described. Both are nomina nuda and are not considered valid today.
- Nepenthes veitchii f. barioensis Y.Fukatsu (1999) nom.nud.
- Nepenthes veitchii striata Veitch (1892) nom.nud.
Natural hybrids
The following natural hybrids involving N. veitchii have been recorded.
- N. albomarginata × N. veitchii[5]
- N. chaniana × N. veitchii[1]
- ? N. faizaliana × N. veitchii[1]
- N. fusca × N. veitchii[5] [=?N. hurrelliana]
- N. hurrelliana × N. veitchii[6] [=?(N. fusca × N. veitchii) × N. veitchii]
- N. lowii × N. veitchii[5]
- N. stenophylla × N. veitchii[5]
References
- ^ a b c Phillips, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ a b c Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ Burbidge, F.W. 1882. Notes on the new Nepenthes. The Gardeners' Chronicle 17(1): 56.
- ^ Beccari, O. 1904. Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo. Constable, London.
- ^ a b c d Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
Further reading
- 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.
- Adam, J.H. & C.C. Wilcock 1999. Palynological study of Bornean Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae).PDF Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 22(1): 1–7.
- Bourke, G. 2011. The Nepenthes of Mulu National Park. Carniflora Australis 8(1): 20–31.
- Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes veitchii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
- Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15.
- De Witte, J. 1996. Nepenthes of Gunung Murud.PDF (567 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25(2): 41–45.
- Dodd, C. 1990. Nepenthes veitchii.PDF (457 KiB) Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 19(3-4): 106-108.
- Hansen, E. 2001. Where rocks sing, ants swim, and plants eat animals: finding members of the Nepenthes carnivorous plant family in Borneo. Discover 22(10): 60–68.
- Lee, C.C. 2002. Nepenthes species of the Hose Mountains in Sarawak, Borneo.PDF Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Hiroshima University, Tokyo: 25–30.
- (Indonesian) Mansur, M. 2001. Koleksi Nepenthes di Herbarium Bogoriense: prospeknya sebagai tanaman hias.PDF In: Prosiding Seminar Hari Cinta Puspa dan Satwa Nasional. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor. pp. 244–253.
- (Czech) Neubauer, J. 2003. Nepenthes veitchii Hook. F.. Trifid 2003(2): 26–27. (page 2)
- Siegara, A. & Yogiara 2009. Bacterial community profiles in the fluid of four pitcher plant species (Nepenthes spp.) grown in a nursery. Microbiology Indonesia 3(3): 109–114.
- Thorogood, C. 2010. The Malaysian Nepenthes: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Perspectives. Nova Science Publishers, New York.
Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Misool • N. sp. Papua • N. sp. Sulawesi
Possible extinct species: N. echinatus • N. echinosporus • N. majorCategories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Carnivorous plants of Asia
- Nepenthes
- Flora of Borneo
- Plants described in 1859
- Veitch Nurseries
- Near threatened plants
- Nepenthes lanata
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