Nepenthes sumagaya

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Nepenthes sumagaya
Upper pitchers of N. sumagaya at the
type locality on Mount Sumagaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. sumagaya
Binomial name
Nepenthes sumagaya
Cheek (2014)[1]
Synonyms

Nepenthes sumagaya is a tropical

hybrids between these species have been recorded.[2] Owing to its unusual combination of morphological characters, N. sumagaya has no obvious close relatives in the genus.[2][3]

Botanical history

The discovery and recognition of this taxon as a new species was announced online in September 2012, under the placeholder name "Nepenthes species 4".[4]

The species was

specific epithet amabilis is Latin for "lovely" and, according to the describing authors, refers "to the extraordinary beauty of the compact specimens with very colorful pitchers and mostly striped peristomes that were observed in situ".[2]

The name used by Wistuba et al. is a

binomial name Nepenthes amabilis had previously been applied to a man-made hybrid: (N. rafflesiana × N. ampullaria) × N. rafflesiana.[6][7] That name is itself a later synonym of N. × hookeriana.[7] In the Autumn 2014 issue of Planta Carnivora, Martin Cheek published this species under the nomen novum (replacement name) N. sumagaya.[1][8][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cheek, M. 2014. Nomen novum Nepenthes. Planta Carnivora 36(2): 44–45.
  2. ^
    doi:10.3390/plants3020284
  3. ^ Mey, F.S. 2014. Four new species of Nepenthes from the Philippines. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 27 June 2014.
  4. ^ (in German) Wistuba, A. 2012. Nepenthes-Neuigkeiten von Mindanao (Philippinen) - Teil 2. G.F.P. Forum, September 3, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Nepenthes amabilis Wistuba, Gronem., Micheler, Marwinski, Gieray, Coritico & V.B.Amoroso. International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
  6. ^ Nicholson, G. (ed.) 1901. Nepenthes. In: The Century Supplement to the Dictionary of Gardening, a Practical and Scientific Encyclopædia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists. L. Upcott Gill, London. pp. 546–547.
  7. ^ a b Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes amabilis. Carnivorous Plant Database.
  8. ^ Nepenthes sumagaya Cheek. International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
  9. ^ Mey, F.S. 2015. Nepenthes sumagaya, a new replacement name for Nepenthes amabilis. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 19 January 2015.
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