Biology:Nepenthes thai

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Short description: Species of pitcher plant from Thailand

Nepenthes thai
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. thai
Binomial name
Nepenthes thai
Cheek (2009)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes benstonei
    auct. non C.Clarke (1999):
    Cheek & Jebb (2001)[2]
    [=N. benstonei/N. thai]

Nepenthes thai is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to peninsular Thailand. It grows on limestone hills at elevations of 500–600 m above sea level.[1][3]

Nepenthes thai has no known natural hybrids.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2009. "Nepenthes group Montanae (Nepenthaceae) in Indo-China, with N. thai and N. bokor described as new.". http://www.marcellocatalano.com/desc.thai.pdf.  Kew Bulletin 64(2): 319–325. doi:10.1007/s12225-009-9117-3
  2. Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana 15: 1–157.
  3. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  4. (in Italian) Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4246966 entry