Nepenthes × pyriformis
| Nepenthes × pyriformis | |
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| An upper pitcher of N. × pyriformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. × pyriformis |
| Binomial name | |
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Nepenthes × pyriformis Sh.Kurata (2001) |
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| Synonyms | |
Nepenthes × pyriformis (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˌpɪrᵻˈfɔːrmᵻs/ or /ˌpaɪərᵻˈfɔːrmᵻs/; from Latin: pyrus = pear, -forma = shaped) is a natural hybrid involving N. inermis and N. talangensis. It is known only from Mount Talang in Sumatra, to which N. talangensis is endemic. Nepenthes talangensis was only described as a distinct species in 1994. Prior to this it was placed within N. bongso and some of the older literature identifies this hybrid as N. bongso × N. inermis.
Nepenthes inermis × N. talangensis has been the subject of taxonomic confusion in the past. In an article published in 1973 on the Nepenthes of Borneo, Singapore, and Sumatra, botanist Shigeo Kurata incorrectly identified specimens of this hybrid as belonging to N. dubia.
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