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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 ...
Nepenthes graciliflora is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines. [4] [7] Long considered a synonym of N. alata, it was restored as a separate species in 2013 by Martin Cheek and Matthew Jebb. [4]
Nepenthes (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z / nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species , [ 4 ] and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids.
Nepenthes merrilliana (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z m ɛ ˌ r ɪ l i ˈ ɑː n ə /; after Elmer Drew Merrill) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines. It produces some of the largest pitchers in the genus, rivalling those of N. rajah. [7] The species is native to northern and central Mindanao as well as neighbouring Dinagat [7] and ...
Nepenthes deaniana (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˌ d iː n i ˈ ɑː n ə /; after Dean C. Worcester) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines, where it grows at an altitude of 1180–1296 m above sea level. [3] The species is known only from the summit region of Thumb Peak, a relatively small, ultramafic mountain in Puerto Princesa ...
Nepenthes extincta is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from Surigao del Sur , Mindanao , where it has been recorded at c. 400 metres (1,300 ft) altitude. [ 1 ]
Nepenthes aenigma is a tropical pitcher plant known from two mountains in Ilocos Norte province on the Philippine island of Luzon, where it grows at an elevation of around 1200 m above sea level. [1] The species is notable for growing among dense vegetation in deep shade. [1] It shows similarities to N. burkei and N. ventricosa. [2]
Nepenthes ventricosa (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z v ɛ n t r ɪ ˈ k oʊ z ə /; from Neo-Latin ventricosus "having a swelling on one side") is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines, where it is a highland species, growing at an elevation of 1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft) above sea level. [3]