Nepenthes ramos

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Nepenthes ramos
Scrambling plant (top) and upper pitcher from Mount Hibok-Hibok, Camiguin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. ramos
Binomial name
Nepenthes ramos
Jebb & Cheek (2013)[1]
Synonyms[3][4]

Nepenthes ramos is a tropical

ultramafic soils.[1]

Nepenthes ramos belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes

N. kurata, N. leyte, N. mindanaoensis, N. negros, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra.[3][5][1][6] 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.[3][5]

The

type material with J. Pascasio.[1]

Plants matching the description of N. ramos have been observed in the Mindanao provinces of

type locality.[7][8] These discoveries suggest that N. ramos might be the most common member of the "N. alata group" on the island of Mindanao.[7]

Nepenthes kurata

type description.[3] This taxon was subsequently synonymised with N. ramos.[4]

Nepenthes kurata was described in 2013 as a species known only from

Misamis Occidental Province, Mindanao, where it was recorded at c. 1400 m altitude. This would make it one of the most westerly known Nepenthes species in Mindanao.[3] (In 1995 N. mirabilis was found near Polanco, further to the west.[citation needed]) This taxon was previously described as a variety of N. alata—N. alata var. ecristata—in John Muirhead Macfarlane's 1908 monograph, "Nepenthaceae".[3][2]

The specific epithet kurata honours botanist Shigeo Kurata, best known for his 1976 book, Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu.[3]

Nepenthes kurata was formally synonymised with N. ramos in 2016.[4]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.3372/wi.43.43112
  2. ^ a b Macfarlane, J.M. (1908). Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.
  3. ^
    doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.69
  4. ^
    doi:10.3390/plants5020023
  5. ^
    doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x
  6. doi:10.3767/000651913X675124
  7. ^ a b Gronemeyer, T. (2015). Nepenthes ramos located in the field Archived 2018-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Carnivorous Plants in the tropics, 5 January 2015.
  8. ^ (in German) Gronemeyer, T. (2014). Nepenthes ramos am Naturstandort. G.F.P. Forum, November 29, 2014.
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