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Nepenthes mindanaoensis
Nepenthes mindanaoensis. Mount Legaspi, Mindanao, Philippines.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. mindanaoensis
Binomial name
Nepenthes mindanaoensis Sh.Kurata (2001)
Synonyms
Synonyms Nepenthes alata auct. non Blanco: Danser (1928) Nepenthes petiolata auct. non Danser: Sh.Kurata & Toyosh. (1966)

Nepenthes mindanaoensis (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌmɪndənaʊˈɛnsɪs/; "from Mindanao") is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Dinagat.

Nepenthes mindanaoensis belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes N. alata, N. ceciliae, N. copelandii, N. extincta, N. graciliflora, N. hamiguitanensis, N. kitanglad, N. kurata, N. leyte, N. negros, N. ramos, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra. These species are united by a number of morphological characters, including winged petioles, lids with basal ridges on the lower surface (often elaborated into appendages), and upper pitchers that are usually broadest near the base.

Nepenthes alata var. ecristata—described by John Muirhead Macfarlane in his 1908 monograph, "Nepenthaceae"—was briefly considered a synonym of N. mindanaoensis, then regarded as a species in its own right (N. kurata), before that species was synonymised with N. ramos.

• A light-coloured upper pitcher from Dinagat
• An upper pitcher with darker pigmentation from Dinagat
• A lower pitcher from Mount Masay, Mindanao
• An epiphytic plant from Mount Masay
• An upper pitcher from Mount Hamiguitan, Mindanao

Natural hybrids

• N. alata × N. mindanaoensis
• N. bellii × N. mindanaoensis
• N. merrilliana × N. mindanaoensis
• N. mindanaoensis × N. truncata
• N. mindananoensis × N. erucoides

Certain plants from Mount Hamiguitan may represent crosses between N. justinae (previously identified as N. mindanaoensis) and N. hamiguitanensis, N. micramphora, and N. peltata.

References

1. Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes mindanaoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T48993950A143971322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T48993950A143971322.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. (in Japanese and English) Kurata, S. 2001. スマトラ島およびミンダナオ島産ウツボカズラの２新種(英文). Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society 52(2): 30–34.
3. Danser, B.H. 1928. 1. Nepenthes alata Blanco. In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
4. ^ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Typification and redelimitation of Nepenthes alata with notes on the N. alata group, and N. negros sp. nov. from the Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(5): 616–622. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x
5. Clarke, C. & C.C. Lee 2012. A revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) from Gunung Tahan, Peninsular Malaysia. Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 64(1): 33–49.
6. Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes alata. Carnivorous Plant Database.
7. Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes mindanaoensis Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Carnivorous Plant Database.
8. ^ McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
9. ^ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1–23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.69
10. Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ramos (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Willdenowia 43(1): 107–111. doi:10.3372/wi.43.43112
11. Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ultra (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Blumea, published online on October 24, 2013. doi:10.3767/000651913X675124
12. Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.
13. ^ Gronemeyer, T., W. Suarez, H. Nuytemans, M. Calaramo, A. Wistuba, F.S. Mey & V.B. Amoroso 2016. Two new Nepenthes species from the Philippines and an emended description of Nepenthes ramos. Plants 5(2): 23. doi:10.3390/plants5020023
14. Robinson, Alastair S.; Zamudio, Sarah Grace; Caballero, Rolly Balagon (2019-10-31). "Nepenthes erucoides (Nepenthaceae), an ultramaficolous micro-endemic from Dinagat Islands Province, northern Mindanao, Philippines". Phytotaxa. 423 (1): 21–32. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.423.1.3. ISSN 1179-3163.
15. McPherson, S.R. & V.B. Amoroso 2011. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

Further reading

• Bonhomme, V., H. Pelloux-Prayer, E. Jousselin, Y. Forterre, J.-J. Labat & L. Gaume 2011. Slippery or sticky? Functional diversity in the trapping strategy of Nepenthes carnivorous plants. New Phytologist 191(2): 545–554. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03696.x
• Co, L. & W. Suarez 2012. Nepenthaceae. Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines.
• (in German) Gronemeyer, T. 2008. Nepenthes auf den Philippinen – Ein Reisebericht. Das Taublatt 60(1): 15–27.
• (in German) McPherson, S. & T. Gronemeyer 2008. Die Nepenthesarten der Philippinen Eine Fotodokumentation. Das Taublatt 60(1): 34–78.

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