Nepenthes longifolia
| Nepenthes longifolia | |
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| An intermediate pitcher of N. longifolia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. longifolia |
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Nepenthes longifolia Nerz & Wistuba (1994) |
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| Synonyms | |
Nepenthes longifolia (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌlɒŋɡɪˈfoʊliə/) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows at elevations of between 300 and 1100 m above sea level. The specific epithet longifolia, formed from the Latin words longus (long) and folius (leaf), refers to the exceptionally large leaves of this species.
The first known collection of N. longifolia was made by Willem Meijer in 1957. The specimen Meijer 6913 was collected on August 24, 1957, in a sandstone region of the river Tjampo near Taram in West Sumatra, at an altitude of 500–1000 m. The plant was growing in forest on the slope of a river valley. The specimen is sheet H.L.B. 958.85111 at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden.
In 1986, Rusjdi Tamin and Mitsuru Hotta invalidly described Nepenthes rafflesiana var. longicirrhosa.Charles Clarke observed this taxon at the type locality in 1995 and concluded that it is conspecific with N. longifolia. Subsequent revisions of the genus have formally synonymised these taxa.
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