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Nepenthes maxima

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Nepenthes maxima
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes maxima from Sulawesi (~400 m asl)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. maxima
Binomial name
Nepenthes maxima
Reinw. ex Nees (1824)
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes boschiana
    auct. non Korth.: Becc. (1878)
  • Nepenthes celebica
    Hook.f. (1873)[2]
  • Nepenthes curtisii
    Mast. (1887)[3]
  • Nepenthes curtisii var. superba
    Hort.Veitch ex Marshall (1889)
  • Nepenthes dayana
    A.Truffaut ex M.J.Sallier (1894) nom.superfl.
  • N. maxima × N. albomarginata
    Hort.Bednar (1987)
  • Nepenthes oblanceolata
    Ridl. (1916)[4]
  • Nepenthes spectabilis
    auct. non Danser: Hort. ex Hort.Bednar (1987)
  • "Cantharifera alba"
    Rumph. (1750)
An upper pitcher of a plant matching the description of N. oblanceolata, which is sometimes regarded as a synonym of N. maxima
A rosette plant of N. oblanceolata from near Wamena, Baliem Valley, New Guinea
Male inflorescence
Infructescence

Nepenthes maxima (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈmæksɪmə/; from Latin: maximus "greatest"), the great pitcher-plant,[5] is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes. It has a relatively wide distribution covering New Guinea, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.[6] It may also be present on Wowoni Island.[7]

Nepenthes maxima belongs to the loosely defined "N. maxima complex", which also includes, among other species, N. boschiana, N. chaniana, N. epiphytica, N. eymae, N. faizaliana, N. fusca, N. klossii, N. platychila, N. stenophylla, and N. vogelii.[8]

  1. ^ Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes maxima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T39675A143962061. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T39675A143962061.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ (in Latin) Hooker, J.D. 1873. Ordo CLXXV bis. Nepenthaceæ. In: A. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 17: 90–105.
  3. ^ Masters, M.T. 1887. New or noteworthy plants. Nepenthes Curtisii, Mast., sp. nov.. The Gardeners' Chronicle, series 3, 2(49): 681, 689.
  4. ^ Ridley, H.N. 1916. Nepenthaceæ. [pp. 139–141] In: I. Report on the botany of the Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1912–13. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, series 2: botany, 9(1): 1–269. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1916.tb00009.x
  5. ^ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference McPherson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ (in Indonesian) Sunarti, S., A. Hidayat & Rugayah 2008. Keanekaragaman tumbuhan di hutan Pegunungan Waworete, Kecamatan Wawonii Timur, Pulau Wawonii, Sulawesi Tenggara. [Plants diversity at the mountain forest of Waworete, East Wawonii District, Wawonii Island, Southeast Sulawesi.] Biodiversitas 9(3): 194–198.
  8. ^ Robinson, A.S., J. Nerz & A. Wistuba 2011. Nepenthes epiphytica, a new pitcher plant from East Kalimantan. In: McPherson, S.R. New Nepenthes: Volume One. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 36–51.
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