Nepenthes sp. Misool

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Nepenthes sp. Misool
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Upper pitchers of Nepenthes sp. Misool
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. sp. Misool
Binomial name
Nepenthes sp. Misool

Nepenthes sp. Misool is an undescribed tropical pitcher plant found on the island of Misool in the Raja Ampat archipelago of Indonesia. [1] It is similar to the extremely variable N. neoguineensis . [1] [2]

Nepenthes sp. Misool is not currently threatened in the wild. In Pitcher Plants of the Old World , Stewart McPherson writes: [1]

Misool remains difficult and expensive to reach; during my observations, I hired a local fishing boat to travel to the island, and this trip alone required one metric ton of fuel!

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References

  1. 1 2 3 McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World . 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  2. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Australia and New Guinea . Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.