Nepenthes × hookeriana

Nepenthes × hookeriana
Nepenthes × hookeriana
Upper pitcher of Nepenthes × hookeriana.
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. × hookeriana
Binomial name
Nepenthes × hookeriana
Hort.Veitch ex Mast. (1881)
Synonyms[3]

Nepenthes × hookeriana (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˌhʊkəriˈɑːnə/, after Joseph Dalton Hooker), or Hooker's Pitcher-Plant,[4] is a common natural hybrid involving N. rafflesiana and N. ampullaria. It was originally described as a species.

It is a relatively common natural hybrid found in lowland conditions throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Like its parental species, the hybrid is generally found in recently disturbed clearings.

Infraspecific taxa

  • Nepenthes hookeri var. elongata Hort.Veitch ex Wilson (1877) sphalm.typogr.
  • Nepenthes hookeriana f. elongata (Hort.Veitch ex Wilson) Divers (1879)

References

  1. ^ von Arx, B., J. Schlauer & M. Groves 2001. CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist.PDF The Cromwell Press, United Kingdom.
  2. ^ Hooker, J.D. 1873. Nepenthaceae. In: A. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 17: 90–105.
  3. ^ Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes hookeriana. Carnivorous Plant Database.
  4. ^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

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