Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant native to southern Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and at least southern coastal Vietnam.[3][4] It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m above sea level.[5] The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.[3]

Nepenthes kampotiana
A lower pitcher of N. kampotiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. kampotiana
Binomial name
Nepenthes kampotiana
Lecomte (1909)
Synonyms

This species is closely related to N. chang.[6] Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.[3]

In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats N. kampotiana as a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes kampotiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T48973548A143970556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T48973548A143970556.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes kampotiana. Carnivorous Plant Database.
  3. ^ a b c McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  4. ^ Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the Nepenthes species of Vietnam. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 45(3): 93–101.
  5. ^ McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  6. ^ Catalano, M. 2010. "Nepenthes chang M. Catal. sp. nov" (PDF). In: Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague. p. 38.
  7. ^ Mey, F.S. 2016. The beautiful Nepenthes kampotiana x bokorensis. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 5 October 2016.
  8. ^ (in Italian) Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague.

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