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Genus: Nepenthes (pitcher plants) Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales
> Family: Nepenthaceae
About 90 species. Insectivorous plants that are native to
Madagascar, SE Asia and northern Australia. There are no native species in
southern Africa but 11 species have been recorded as being cultivated in the
region.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Nepenthes alata
Native from Malaysia to the Philippines. |
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Nepenthes albomarginata
Native to Malaysia and Indonesia. |
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Nepenthes burkei
Native to the Philippines. |
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Nepenthes fusca
Native to Borneo. |
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Nepenthes gracillima
Native to Malaysia. |
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Nepenthes hirsuta
Native to Borneo. |
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Nepenthes macfarlanei
Native to Malaysia. |
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Nepenthes maxima
Native to Indonesia and New Guinea. |
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Nepenthes merrilliana
Native to the Philippines. |
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Nepenthes mirabilis
Native from China to Australia. |
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Nepenthes sanguinea
Native to Malaysia. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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