Nepenthes stenophylla

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Nepenthes stenophylla
Gunung Murud logging road N. stenophylla 15.jpg
Upper pitchers of N. stenophylla growing along a logging road to Mount Murud
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. stenophylla
Binomial name
Nepenthes stenophylla
Mast. (1890) [2]
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes alata
    auct. non Blanco: Smythies (1965)
  • Nepenthes boschiana
    auct. non Korth.: Low (1848)
    [= N. boschiana/N. stenophylla]
  • Nepenthes boschiana
    auct. non Korth.: Macfarl. (1908)
    [= N. boschiana/N. stenophylla]
  • Nepenthes boschiana var. lowii
    Hook.f. (1873) [3]
  • Nepenthes curtisii
    auct. non Mast.: J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1996)
  • Nepenthes fallax
    Beck (1895) [4]
  • ?Nepenthes findlayana
    Hort.Williams ex Nichols. (1888) sphalm.typogr.
  • ?Nepenthes fucosa
    S.Beckwith (1987) sphalm.typogr.
  • Nepenthes fusca
    auct. non Danser: Sh.Kurata (1976)
  • Nepenthes fusca subsp. apoensis
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock ex Jebb & Cheek (1997) nom.nud.
  • Nepenthes lindleyana
    Low ex W.Baxt. (1850) nom.nud.
  • Nepenthes maxima
    auct. non Reinw. ex Nees: Becc. (1886)
    [= N. boschiana/N. maxima/N. stenophylla/N. sumatrana ]
  • Nepenthes maxima var. lowii
    (Hook.f.) Becc. (1886)
  • Nepenthes sandakanensis
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1996)
  • Nepenthes sandakanensis var. eglandulosa
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1996)
  • Nepenthes sandakanensis var. ferruginea
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1996)

Nepenthes stenophylla /nɪˈpɛnθzˌstɛnˈfɪlə/ , or the narrow-leaved pitcher-plant, [5] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. [6] The species produces attractive funnel-shaped pitchers up to 25 cm high. [7] It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. [1] Nepenthes stenophylla belongs to the loosely defined "N. maxima complex", which also includes, among other species, N. boschiana , N. chaniana , N. epiphytica , N. eymae , N. faizaliana , N. fusca , N. klossii , N. maxima , N. platychila , and N. vogelii . [8]

The illustration of N. stenophylla from Danser's 1928 monograph, based on the type specimen of N. fallax Nepenthes stenophylla.gif
The illustration of N. stenophylla from Danser's 1928 monograph, based on the type specimen of N. fallax

Nepenthes fallax

There has been confusion surrounding N. stenophylla and N. fallax [note a] ever since the latter was first described. Nepenthes fallax matches N. stenophylla in most respects, except for the shape of the lid; the type specimen of N. fallax has an orbiculate lid, whereas that of N. stenophylla is narrow. However, the original description of N. stenophylla was based on a plant raised from seed in a greenhouse in England, and the narrow shape of the lid could be an aberrant characteristic resulting from artificial growing conditions. [6]

In his seminal monograph "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies", B. H. Danser treated N. fallax as a heterotypic synonym of N. stenophylla. [9] This interpretation has been supported by most subsequent authors. [6] [7] [10] [11] Jan Schlauer, however, considers the taxa as two separate species based on the shape of the lid. [6] [12] [13] He suspects the taxon originally named as N. stenophylla may have later been named again as N. faizaliana . [14]

Nepenthes fallax has a separate conservation status of Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. [15]

Natural hybrids

The following natural hybrids involving N. stenophylla have been recorded.

Notes

a. ^ Nepenthes fallax is /nɪˈpɛnθzˈfælæks/ . The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word fallax, meaning "spurious".

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References

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