- Nepenthes singalana
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Nepenthes singalana Lower pitcher of Nepenthes singalana from Mount Belirang. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. singalana Binomial name Nepenthes singalana
Becc. (1886)Synonyms - Nepenthes junghuhnii
Macfarl. ex Ridl. (1917) - Nepenthes pectinata
Danser (1928)
[=N. gymnamphora/N. singalana] - N. pectinata × N. singalana
Danser (1928)
Heterochresonyms- Nepenthes singalana
auct. non Becc.: Macfarl. in Engl. (1908)
[=N. gracillima/N. singalana] - Nepenthes singalana
auct. non Becc.: Tamin & M.Hotta in M.Hotta (1986) [=N. bongso/N. densiflora?/N. gymnamphora/N. lavicola/N. singalana/N. spathulata]
Nepenthes singalana (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˌsɪŋɡəˈleɪnə/, after Mount Singgalang, West Sumatra) is a highland Nepenthes pitcher plant species native to the island of Sumatra. It is most closely related to N. diatas and N. spathulata.
Taxonomy
In 2001, Charles Clarke performed a cladistic analysis of the Nepenthes species of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia using 70 morphological characteristics of each taxon. The following is part of the resultant cladogram, showing "Clade 3", which comprises N. singalana and three other related species.[1]
unnamed unnamed N. singalana
Natural hybrids
The following natural hybrids involving N. singalana have been recorded.
- N. aristolochioides × N. singalana[1]
- N. bongso × N. singalana[1]
- N. gymnamphora × N. singalana[1]
- N. inermis × N. singalana[2]
- ? N. singalana × N. spathulata[1]
References
- Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes singalana. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
- Hernawati & P. Akhriadi 2006. A Field Guide to the Nepenthes of Sumatra. PILI-NGO Movement, Bogor.
- (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.
- Rottloff, S., U. Müller, R. Kilper & A. Mithöfer 2009. Micropreparation of single secretory glands from the carnivorous plant Nepenthes. Analytical Biochemistry 394(1): 135–137. doi:10.1016/j.ab.2009.07.013
- Shivas, R.G. 1984. The Lake Toba Nepenthes.PDF Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 13(1): 15–16.
- Wistuba, A. & H. Rischer 1996. Nepenthes lavicola, a new species of Nepenthaceae from the Aceh Province in the North of Sumatra. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25(4): 106-111.
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. - Nepenthes junghuhnii