- Nepenthes burkei
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Nepenthes burkei Nepenthes burkei lower pitcher. Mount Halcon, Mindoro. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. burkei Binomial name Nepenthes burkei
Hort.Veitch ex Mast. (1889)Synonyms Nepenthes burkei (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˈbɜrki.aɪ/, after David Burke, British plant collector) is a tropical pitcher plant native to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, where it grows at an elevation of 1100–2000 m.[2] It is very closely related to N. sibuyanensis and N. ventricosa. It has only recently entered cultivation.
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Infraspecific taxa
Two varieties of N. burkei have been described.
- Nepenthes burkei var. excellens Hort.Veitch ex Marshall (1890)
- Nepenthes burkei var. prolifica Mast. (1890)
Natural hybrids
References
- ^ von Arx, B., J. Schlauer & M. Groves 2001. CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist.PDF The Cromwell Press, United Kingdom.
- ^ a b McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- Carnivorous Plant Database: Nepenthes burkei
- Kurata, S. 1968. Mindoro/North Borneo Expedition. Part 1&2. Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society No. 45.
- McPherson, S.R. & V.B. Amoroso 2011. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- (German) McPherson, S. & T. Gronemeyer 2008. Die Nepenthesarten der Philippinen Eine Fotodokumentation. Das Taublatt 60(1): 34–78.
External links
- Photographs of N. burkei 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.