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Nepenthes × alisaputrana

Nepenthes × alisaputrana
N.alisaputrana LPb.jpg
A lower pitcher of N. × alisaputrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. × alisaputrana
Binomial name
Nepenthes × alisaputrana
J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1992)
Nepenthes x alisaputrana distribution.png
Distribution of N. × alisaputrana.
Synonyms
  • Nepenthes × alisaputraiana
    J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1992)
    [original spelling]
  • Nepenthes rajah
    auct. non Hook.f.: A. Slack (1986)

Nepenthes × alisaputrana (/nˈpɛnθz ˈɑːlsəpʊˈtrɑːnə/ preferably, or /əˈlɪsəpʊˈtrɑːnə/, after Datuk Lamri Ali), or the Leopard Pitcher-Plant, is a hybrid of two well-known Nepenthes pitcher plant species: N. burbidgeae and N. rajah. The plant is confined to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo.

Nepenthes × alisaputrana was described in 1992 by J. H. Adam and C. C. Wilcock and is named in honour of Datuk Lamri Ali, a former Director of Sabah Parks. It is only known from a few remote localities within Kinabalu National Park, where it grows in stunted, open vegetation over serpentine soils at around 2000 m above sea level, often amongst populations of N. burbidgeae. It grows alongside both parent species on Pig Hill, where it is found at 1930–1950 m.


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