Nepenthes palawanensis

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Nepenthes palawanensis - Wikipedia

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Nepenthes palawanensis

A lower pitcher of N. palawanensis photographed by Stewart McPherson
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. palawanensis
Binomial name
*Nepenthes palawanensis* S.McPherson, Cervancia, Chi.C.Lee, Jaunzems, Mey & A.S.Rob. (2010)^[2]

Nepenthes palawanensis is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sultan Peak on the island of Palawan in the Philippines, where it grows at elevations of 1,100–1,236 m (3,609–4,055 ft) above sea level.^[2] It was discovered in February 2010 by Jehson Cervancia and Stewart McPherson.^[3]

The species appears to be most closely related to N. attenboroughii, which grows on nearby Mount Victoria.^[3]^[4] Nepenthes palawanensis can be distinguished from N. attenboroughii by its pitchers, which are even larger, sometimes exceeding 35 cm in height,^[5] and with a capacity of 1.5–2 litres (0.33–0.44 imp gal; 0.40–0.53 US gal) of water.^[6] (The largest pitchers remain those of N. rajah.)^[6] Another difference from N. attenboroughii is that the pitchers of N. palawanensis are lined with orange to red hairs.^[6]

Nepenthes palawanensis was featured as number 4 on Chris Packham's "top ten discoveries of extraordinary and weird new species from the last decade" on the BBC programme Decade of Discovery, first broadcast on December 14, 2010.^[7]^[8]

The discovery of N. attenboroughii, by a team that included McPherson, helped to obtain local support for the protection of the Mount Victoria range; following the discovery of N. palawanensis, it was hoped that similar support for the Sultan range might result.^[6] To date, neither mountain has been afforded protected status.^[9]

Nepenthes palawanensis forms natural hybrids with a taxon resembling N. philippinensis.^[10]

References

^ Clarke, C.M.; Lee, C. (2014). "Nepenthes palawanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48995172A49009815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T48995172A49009815.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b McPherson, S., J. Cervancia, C. Lee, M. Jaunzems, A. Fleischmann, F. Mey, E. Gironella & A. Robinson 2010. Nepenthes palawanensis (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant species from Sultan Peak, Palawan Island, Philippines. In: S.R. McPherson Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1332–1339.
^ ^a ^b New Species - Nepenthes palawanensis Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd.
^ McPherson, S. 2010. New giant Nepenthes species - Nepenthes palawanensis. Carnivorous Plants UK, February 28, 2010.
^ McPherson, S. 2010. Nepenthes palawanensis: another new species of giant pitcher plant from the Philippines. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 39(3): 89–90.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d [Anonymous] 2010. Pitcher this: a new Nepenthes. The Plantsman (New Series) 9(2): 73.
^ Decade of Discovery. BBC iPlayer. [N. palawanensis segment runs from approximately 35:07 to 36:43]
^ The decade's top ten new species. BBC Earth News, December 12, 2010.
^ The Protected Areas of Palawan. Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.
^ McPherson, S.R. & V.B. Amoroso 2011. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

Co, L. & W. Suarez 2012. Nepenthaceae. Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines.
Mara Guerini (June 2011). "2010: new species of Carnivorous Plants" (PDF). AIPC Magazine. 2 (22). Italian Carnivorous Plants Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2012.
McPherson, S., G. Bourke, J. Cervancia, M. Jaunzems, E. Gironella, A. Robinson & A. Fleischmann 2011. Nepenthes leonardoi (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant species from Palawan, Philippines. Carniflora Australis 8(1): 4–19.
Exploration of Mount Anipahan and Mount Kiamo. [video] Redfern Natural History Productions.
Lecture on Plant Hunting – Royal Horticultural Society 6 May 2014. [video] Redfern Natural History Productions.

External links

Photographs of N. palawanensis

Nepenthes (list)

Species

Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Anipahan; N. sp. Misool

Possible extinct species: N. echinatus; N. echinosporus; N. major

Related topics
Nepenthes taxonomy Nepenthes species by distribution Nepenthes cultivars Nepenthes literature Nepenthes infauna Nepenthes endophytes Nepenthesin Nepenthales

Taxon identifiers
Nepenthes palawanensis	Wikidata: Q3278598 Wikispecies: Nepenthes palawanensis CoL: 46XBX GBIF: 7219388 iNaturalist: 441236 IPNI: 77107728-1 ITIS: 896657 IUCN: 48995172 NCBI: 2675036 Open Tree of Life: 5144000 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77107728-1 WFO: wfo-0000746843

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