Nepenthes danseri

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Nepenthes danseri
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Nepenthes danseri in the Bogor Botanical Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. danseri
Binomial name
Nepenthes danseri
Jebb & Cheek (1997) [2]
Synonyms

Nepenthes danseri ( /nɪˈpɛnθzˈdænsər/ ; after B. H. Danser, botanist) is a species of tropical pitcher plant. It is known only from the northern coast of Waigeo Island; plants from Halmahera, the largest of the Maluku Islands, are now recognised as belonging to a separate species, N. halmahera . [4]

Nepenthes danseri was formally described in 1997 by Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek in their monograph "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)", published in the botanical journal Blumea . [2] However, the name N. danseri had already been in use since at least 1994. [5]

Nepenthes danseri most commonly inhabits open scrub or bare soils on ultramafic rock. Plants also occur in forest, but these do not produce pitchers, probably due to the high light requirements of this species. [1] Nepenthes danseri has been recorded from sea level to 320 m altitude. [6]

Nepenthes danseri has no known natural hybrids. [6] No forms or varieties have been described.

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References

  1. 1 2 Clarke, C.; Cantley, R.; Nerz, J.; Rischer, H.; Witsuba, A. (2000). "Nepenthes danseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T39651A10254338. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39651A10254338.en .
  2. 1 2 Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae). Blumea42(1): 1–106.
  3. Jebb, M.H.P. 1991. An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea. Science in New Guinea17(1): 7–54.
  4. Cheek, M. (2015). "Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) of Halmahera, Indonesia". Blumea. 59 (3): 215–225. doi:10.3767/000651915X689091. doi : 10.3767/000651915X689091
  5. Jebb, M. 1994. NEPENTHES revision for Flora Malesiana. Carnivorous Plant Mailing List, 9 September 1994.
  6. 1 2 McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World . 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

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