Nepenthes alzapan

Nepenthes alzapan is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine island of Luzon.[2] It is known from only a handful of herbarium specimens collected in 1925 from submontane mossy forest at an elevation of 1800 m above sea level.[2] It is closely allied to N. bellii and has similarly diminutive pitchers.[2]

Nepenthes alzapan
Botanical illustration of N. alzapan from Cheek and Jebb's type description

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. alzapan
Binomial name
Nepenthes alzapan
Jebb & Cheek (2013)[2]

The specific epithet alzapan refers to Mount Alzapan in the Sierra Madre mountains, from which the type material was collected.[2]

References

  1. Clarke, C.M. & Lee, C. (2014). "Nepenthes alzapan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48968301A49009345. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes alzapan (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa 100(1): 57–60. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.100.1.6


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