Nepenthes pilosa

Nepenthes pilosa
An intermediate pitcher of N. pilosa found near the summit of Bukit Batu Lesung
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. pilosa
Binomial name
Nepenthes pilosa
Danser (1928)[2]
Synonyms

From the time of its description until 2006, N. pilosa was almost universally confused with N. chaniana; see text for details.

Nepenthes pilosa /nɪˈpɛnθz pˈlzə/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It is characterised by a dense indumentum of long yellow-brown hairs. Pitchers have a distinctive hook-shaped appendage on the underside of the lid. The specific epithet derives from the Latin word pilosus, meaning "hairy".[3]

Nepenthes pilosa was for a long time conflated with N. chaniana and, with the exception of the type material, all specimens identified as N. pilosa prior to the description of N. chaniana in 2006 actually represent the latter species.[4][5]

In Pitcher-Plants of Borneo, Anthea Phillipps and Anthony Lamb list this species under the common name golden-furred pitcher-plant,[5] although this was published before the recognition of N. chaniana as a distinct species.

  1. ^ Clarke, C.M. (2014). "Nepenthes pilosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T49119820A21844723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T49119820A21844723.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Danser, B.H. 1928. 36. Nepenthes pilosa DANS., spec. nova. Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
  3. ^ Phillipps, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference chaniana was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.