Jump to content

Nepenthes maximoides

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 07:46, 4 March 2021 (Add: pmc, pmid. Removed proxy or dead URL that duplicated free-DOI or unique identifier. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Taxonbars on possible non-taxon pages | via #UCB_Category 839/1711). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Nepenthes maximoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. maximoides
Binomial name
Nepenthes maximoides

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 appendages not seen in any other Philippine species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c King, Charles; Cheek, Martin (2020-09-11). "Nepenthes maximoides (Nepenthaceae) a new, critically endangered (possibly extinct) species in Sect. Alatae from Luzon, Philippines showing striking pitcher convergence with N. maxima (Sect. Regiae) of Indonesia". PeerJ. 8: e9899. doi:10.7717/peerj.9899. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7489237. PMID 32974102. S2CID 221858198.


Stub icon

This Nepenthes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nepenthes_maximoides&oldid=1010195609"