Biology:Nepenthes maximoides
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Short description: Tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines
| Nepenthes maximoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. maximoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Nepenthes maximoides King and Cheek [1]
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Nepenthes maximoides is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Luzon, Philippines bringing the total number of Nepenthes species in this island to eight, with all but one is endemic. Nepenthes maximoides closely resembled N. maxima in its large, spectacular and narrowly funnel-shaped upper pitchers, and the lids have a recurved basal and filiform appendages not seen in any other Philippine species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 King, Charles; Cheek, Martin (2020-09-11). "Nepenthes maximoides (Nepenthaceae) a new, critically endangered (possibly extinct) species in Sect. Alatae from Luzon, Philippines showing striking pitcher convergence with N. maxima (Sect. Regiae) of Indonesia" (in en). PeerJ 8: e9899. doi:10.7717/peerj.9899. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 32974102.
Wikidata ☰ Q104856591 entry
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