Nepenthes alzapan is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine island of Luzon.[2] It is known from only a handful of herbarium specimens collected in 1925 from submontane mossy forest at an elevation of 1800 m above sea level.[2] It is closely allied to N. bellii and has similarly diminutive pitchers.[2]
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| Botanical illustration of N. alzapan from Cheek and Jebb's type description | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. alzapan
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| Binomial name | |
| Nepenthes alzapan | |
The specific epithet alzapan refers to Mount Alzapan in the Sierra Madre mountains, from which the type material was collected.[2]
References
edit- ^ Clarke, C.M.; Lee, C. (2014). "Nepenthes alzapan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T48968301A49009345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T48968301A49009345.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes alzapan (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Phytotaxa 100(1): 57–60. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.100.1.6
- Mey, F.S. 2013. Nepenthes alzapan and an army of new species from the Philippines. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, July 15, 2013.
- Smith, L. 2014. Pitcher perfect - but carnivorous plants are at risk. The Independent, January 5, 2014.
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