- Nepenthes × trichocarpa
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Nepenthes × trichocarpa 
Upper pitcher of N. × trichocarpa from Sumatra. Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. × trichocarpa Binomial name Nepenthes × trichocarpa
Miq. (1858)Synonyms - Nepenthes trichocarpa
auct. non Miq.: Hort. ex Hort.Bednar in sched. (1993) [=N. distillatoria]
Nepenthes × trichocarpa (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˌtrɪkɵˈkɑrpə/, from Greek: trikho- "hair, thread", and -carpus "fruit"), the Dainty Pitcher-Plant,[2] is a common natural hybrid involving N. ampullaria and N. gracilis. It was originally thought to be a distinct species and was described as such.
Nepenthes × trichocarpa from Borneo.
B. H. Danser included this plant in his 1928 monograph on the genus Nepenthes. He described the plant as a climbing stem cylindrical in cross-section, and pitchers of the rosettes shortly incurved from the tendril and ovate in form. Both lower and upper pitchers can be up to 8 cm tall, widest at 1/3 of the height, up to 4 cm wide, with two fringed wings over the whole length.
The colour of the pitchers ranges from green to spotted or striped with red or yellow, forming wonderful carpets on the forest floor and dainty upper pitchers scrambling up supporting shrubs and trees.
Nepenthes × trichocarpa is found in lowland conditions throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, usually in the company of its parent species N. ampullaria and N. gracilis.[3][4]
Infraspecific taxa
- Nepenthes trichocarpa var. erythrosticta Miq. (1861)
References
- ^ von Arx, B., J. Schlauer & M. Groves 2001. CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist.PDF The Cromwell Press, United Kingdom.
- ^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
- ^ Adam, J.H., C.C. Wilcock & M.D. Swaine 1989. Ecology and taxonomy of Bornean Nepenthes. University of Aberdeen Tropical Biology Newsletter 56: 2–4.
- ^ Adam, J.H., C.C. Wilcock & M.D. Swaine 1992. The ecology and distribution of Bornean Nepenthes.PDF Journal of Tropical Forest Science 5(1): 13–25.
- Clarke, C.M. (1997). Nepenthes of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications. p. 150. ISBN 983-812-015-4.
- Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15.
- (Indonesian) Mansur, M. 2001. Koleksi Nepenthes di Herbarium Bogoriense: prospeknya sebagai tanaman hias.PDF In: Prosiding Seminar Hari Cinta Puspa dan Satwa Nasional. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor. pp. 244–253.
- Shivas, R.G. 1983. Nepenthes trichocarpa — a natural hybrid. Nature Malaysiana 8(2): 24–25.
- Shivas, R.G. 1984. Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore. Maruzen Asia, Kuala Lumpur.
- Teo, L.L. 2001. Study of natural hybridisation in some tropical plants using amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. M.Sc. thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Misool • N. sp. Papua • N. sp. Sulawesi
Possible extinct species: N. echinatus • N. echinosporus • N. major
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