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<i>Nepenthes copelandii</i> species of plant

Nepenthes copelandii is a species of pitcher plant native to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Originally known from Mount Apo near Davao City and Mount Pasian near Bislig, it has since been discovered on a number of peaks throughout Mindanao. It may also be present on the nearby island of Camiguin. The species has a wide altitudinal distribution of 1100–2400 m above sea level. Nepenthes copelandii has no known natural hybrids. No forms or varieties have been described.

<i>Nepenthes mindanaoensis</i> species of plant

Nepenthes mindanaoensis is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Dinagat.

Nepenthes saranganiensis is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine island of Mindanao. It is noted for its extremely decurrent leaf attachment that extends a large distance down the stem, often continuing into the next internode.

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<i>Nepenthes ceciliae</i> species of plant

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<i>Willdenowia</i> (journal) journal

Willdenowia: Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal on plant, algal, and fungal taxonomy published by the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. It was established in 1895 as Notizblatt des Königlichen botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin, and was renamed to the current title in 1954 to honour botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812), director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Schöneberg near Berlin.

Willdenowia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Restionaceae described as a genus in 1790. The entire genus is endemic to the fynbos of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

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<i>Nepenthes kitanglad</i> species of plant

Nepenthes kitanglad is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from Mount Kitanglad in Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, where it has been recorded as an epiphyte in mossy forest at 1800–2100 m altitude. This species belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes N. alata, N. ceciliae, N. copelandii, N. extincta, N. graciliflora, N. hamiguitanensis, N. kurata, N. leyte, N. mindanaoensis, N. negros, N. ramos, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra. These species are united by a number of morphological characters, including winged petioles, lids with basal ridges on the lower surface, and upper pitchers that are usually broadest near the base.

<i>Nepenthes leyte</i> species of plant

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<i>Nepenthes cornuta</i> species of plant

Nepenthes cornuta is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from the Pantaron Mountain Range of central Mindanao, where it grows terrestrially on ultramafic soils at around 1000 m above sea level.

<i>Nepenthes talaandig</i> species of plant

Nepenthes talaandig is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from the Pantaron Mountain Range of central Mindanao, where it grows terrestrially on ultramafic soils at around 1000 m above sea level.

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