Nepenthes alba

Nepenthes alba

An unusually reddish upper pitcher of N. alba growing on Mount Tahan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. alba
Binomial name
*Nepenthes alba* Ridl. (1924)
Synonyms
Synonyms Nepenthes bongso auct. non Korth.: Ridl. (1908) Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: Danser (1928); Shivas (1984) [=N. alba/N. gracillima/N. macfarlanei/N. ramispina] Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: Kiew (1990); Jebb & Cheek (1997); Cheek & Jebb (2001) [=N. alba/N. benstonei/N. gracillima] Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: C.Clarke (2001) [=N. alba/N. gracillima] Nepenthes singalana auct. non Becc.: Macfarl. (1908) [=N. alba/N. singalana] Nepenthes singalana auct. non Becc.: Macfarl. (1914)

Nepenthes alba is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. The specific epithet alba is derived from the Latin word , meaning "white", and refers to the colour of the upper pitchers.