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Nepenthes fusca

(Nepenthes)

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Nepenthes

Description

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Family Nepenthaceae

Lianas or shrubs to 20 m , sometimes only weakly woody, dioecious, carnivorous . Stem simple or branched, erect , climbing , or procumbent , cylindric or triangular in cross section , glabrous or pubescent . Leaves alternate, petiolate or sessile; midvein prolonged into a tendril , apex of tendril usually developing into a dimorphic pitcher with a lid usually projecting over mouth and a spur inserted at base of lid. Pitchers toward base of plant ovoid , facing inward, with 2 fringed wings , tendril ventral, uncoiled; pitchers toward apex of plant cylindric or funnelform , facing outward, wings generally unfringed or reduced to ridges , tendril dorsal, coiled . Inflorescence terminal (appearing leaf opposed because of continued axillary growth), racemose, or with secondary branches 2-flowered or cincinni, usually sparsely bracteate . Flowers regular; perianth in 1 whorl of (3 or) 4 tepals. Male flowers with 4-24 anthers ; filaments united into a column; pistils inconspicuous. Female flowers with inconspicuous anthers; pistils (3 or) 4; ovary superior, stipitate or not, ovoid-globose or tetragonal-terete, rarely obdeltoid , (3 or) 4-loculed; placentation axile ; ovules numerous , in many rows ; style very short to obsolete ; stigma disclike, (3 or) 4-lobed. Capsule (3 or) 4-valved, leathery or woody, loculicidally dehiscent . Seeds numerous, usually hairlike; embryo straight; endosperm fleshy .

One genus and ca. 85 species: Africa (Madagascar), S and SE Asia, N Australia, Pacific Islands (Caroline Islands) ; one species in China.

All species of the Nepenthaceae are carnivorous, so far as is known.[1]

Genus Nepenthes

Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as those for the family .[2]

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [3].

Ecology: Found in mossy forests on ridge tops at 1,200-2,500 m alt. (Ref. 290279).

List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : Danser Publication : Bull . Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg ser. III, ix. 288 (1928).

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Nepenthes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 101 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

N. adnata (Nepenthes) · N. alata (Winged Pitcher Plant) · N. albomarginata (Nepenthes) · N. ampullaria (Nepenthes) · N. angasanensis (Nepenthes) · N. aptera (Nepenthes) · N. argentii (Nepenthes) · N. aristolochioides (Nepenthes) · N. bellii (Nepenthes) · N. benstonei (Nepenthes) · N. bicalcarata (Nepenthes) · N. bongso (Nepenthes) · N. boschiana (Nepenthes) · N. burbidgeae (Nepenthes) · N. campanulata (Nepenthes) · N. clipeata (Nepenthes) · N. copelandii (Nepenthes) · N. densiflora (Nepenthes) · N. diatas (Nepenthes) · N. distillatoria (Nepenthes) · N. dubia (Nepenthes) · N. edwardsiana (Nepenthes) · N. ephippiata (Nepenthes) · N. eustachya (Nepenthes) · N. eymae (Nepenthes) · N. faizaliana (Nepenthes) · N. fallax (Nepenthes) · N. fusca (Nepenthes) · N. glabrata (Nepenthes) · N. glandulifera (Nepenthes) · N. gracilis (Nepenthes) · N. gymnamphora (Nepenthes) · N. hamata (Nepenthes) · N. hirsuta (Nepenthes) · N. inermis (Nepenthes) · N. insignis (Nepenthes) · N. jacquelineae (Nepenthes) · N. khasiana (Nepenthes) · N. klossii (Nepenthes) · N. lavicola (Nepenthes) · N. longifolia (Nepenthes) · N. lowii (Nepenthes) · N. macfarlanei (Nepenthes) · N. macrophylla (Nepenthes) · N. macrovulgaris (Nepenthes) · N. madagascariensis (Nepenthes) · N. masoalensis (Nepenthes) · N. maxima (Nepenthes) · N. merrilliana (Nepenthes) · N. mikei (Nepenthes) · N. mindanaoensis (Nepenthes) · N. mira (Nepenthes) · N. mirabilis (Nepenthes) · N. mirabilis var. echinostoma (Nepenthes) · N. mixta x maxima (Nepenthes) · N. muluensis (Nepenthes) · N. neoguineensis (Nepenthes) · N. northiana (Nepenthes) · N. ovata (Nepenthes) · N. paniculata (Nepenthes) · N. papuana (Nepenthes) · N. pectinata (Nepenthes) · N. pervillei (Pitcher Plant) · N. petiolata (Nepenthes) · N. philippinensis (Nepenthes) · N. pilosa (Nepenthes) · N. platychila (Nepenthes) · N. rafflesiana (Nepenthes) · N. rafflesiana var. alata (Raffles Pitcher Plant) · N. rafflesiana var. elongata (Nepenthes) · N. rafflesiana var. gigantea (Nepenthes) · N. rafflesiana var. nivea (Nepenthes) · N. rajah (Rat-Catcher) · N. ramispina (Nepenthes) · N. reinwardtiana (Nepenthes) · N. rhombicaulis (Nepenthes) · N. sanguinea (Tropical Asian Pitcher Plant) · N. sibuyanensis (Nepenthes) · N. singalana (Nepenthes) · N. spathulata (Nepenthes) · N. spectabilis (Pitcher Plant) · N. sumatrana (Nepenthes) · N. talangensis (Nepenthes) · N. tentaculata (Nepenthes) · N. tenuis (Nepenthes) · N. thorelii (Nepenthes) · N. tobaica (Nepenthes) · N. tomoriana (Nepenthes) · N. veitchii (Nepenthes) · N. ventricosa (Nepenthes) · N. vieillardii (Nepenthes) · N. villosa (Pitcher Plant) · N. vogelii (Nepenthes) · N. x coccinea (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · N. x hookeriana 'Monkey Cup' (Nepenthes) · N. x hortulanus 'Otten' (Nepenthes) · N. x mixta (Nepenthes) · N. x ventrata (Pitcher Plant) · N. 'Bill Bailey' (Tropical Pitcher Plant) · N. 'Judith Finn' (Nepenthes)

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Footnotes

  1. Lianli Lu, Martin Cheek & Matthew H. P. Jebb "Nepenthaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 198. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Nepenthes". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 198. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  3. Schnell, D., Catling, P., Folkerts, G., Frost, C., Gardner, R., et al. 2000. Nepenthes fusca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-21