Nepenthes kampotiana
Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant native to southern Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and at least southern coastal Vietnam.[3][4] It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m above sea level.[5] The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.[3]
| Nepenthes kampotiana | |
|---|---|
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| A lower pitcher of N. kampotiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. kampotiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Nepenthes kampotiana Lecomte (1909) | |
| Synonyms | |
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This species is closely related to N. chang.[6] Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.[3]
In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats N. kampotiana as a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.[2]
Natural hybrids
- N. bokorensis × N. kampotiana[7]
- N. kampotiana × N. mirabilis[8]
References
- Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes kampotiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T48973548A143970556. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes kampotiana. Carnivorous Plant Database.
- McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the Nepenthes species of Vietnam. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 45(3): 93–101.
- McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- Catalano, M. 2010. "Nepenthes chang M. Catal. sp. nov" (PDF). In: Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague. p. 38.
- Mey, F.S. 2016. The beautiful Nepenthes kampotiana x bokorensis. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 5 October 2016.
- (in Italian) Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague.
Further reading
- Mey, F.S. 2010. "Introduction to the pitcher plants (Nepenthes) of Cambodia" (PDF). Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2010(2): 106–117.
- Mey, F.S. 2011. Utricularia delphinioides. Again!. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, September 30, 2011.
- Mey, F.S. 2011. Introducing Nepenthes kampotiana. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, October 22, 2011.
- Mey, F.S. 2014. 'Nepenthes of Indochina', my 2010 ICPS lecture now on Youtube. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 3, 2014.
- Mey, F.S. 2014. Hydnophytum formicarum habitat in Cambodia. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 26, 2014.
- Cambodian scrubland taxa incl. Utricularia delphinioides. CPUK Forum, August 15, 2011.
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