Nepenthes
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| Nepenthes | |
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| A rosette plant o N. peltata growin on Munt Hamiguitan, Mindanao, the Philippines | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Faimily: | Nepenthaceae Dumort. (1829) |
| Genus: | Nepenthes L. (1753) |
| Species | |
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See below or separate leet. | |
| Diversity | |
| 138+ species[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nepenthes (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz/), popularly kent as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, is a genus o carnivorous plants in the monotypic faimily Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 140 species, an numerous naitural an mony cultivatit hybrids. Thay are maistly liana-fairmin plants o the Auld Warld tropics, rangin frae Sooth Cheenae, Indonesie, Malaysie an the Philippines; wastward tae Madagascar (twa species) an the Seychelles (ane); soothward tae Australie (three) an New Caledon (ane); an northward tae Indie (ane) an Sri Lanka (ane). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo an Sumatra, wi mony endemic species. Mony are plants o het, humid, lawland aureas, but the majority are tropical montane plants, receivin warm days but cuil tae cauld, humid nichts year roond. A few are considered tropical alpine, wi cuil days an nichts near freezin. The name "monkey cups" refers tae the fact that monkeys hae been observed drinkin rainwatter frae these plants.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ McPherson, S.R. 2011. New Nepenthes: Volume One. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Nepenthes - the Monkey Cups Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine frae the Botanical Society o Americae
- Photographs of Nepenthes in thair naitural habitats bi Joachim Nerz
- Nepenthes photographs at the Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder
- A video aboot Nepenthes frae The Private Life o Plants
- The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Nepenthes bi Barry Rice
- Evolution -- Nepenthes Phylogeny frae the Internaitional Carnivorous Plant Society
- Inner Warld o Nepenthes frae the John Innes Centre Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
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