Nepenthes ceciliae

Nepenthes ceciliae


Lower (top) and upper pitchers from the type locality on Mount Kiamo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. ceciliae
Binomial name
*Nepenthes ceciliae* Gronem., Coritico, Micheler, Marwinski, Acil & V.B.Amoroso (2011)

Nepenthes ceciliae is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippine island of Mindanao, where it grows at 1500–1880 m above sea level. Its discovery was announced online in August 2011.

Nepenthes ceciliae belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes N. alata, N. copelandii, N. extincta, N. graciliflora, N. hamiguitanensis, N. kitanglad, N. kurata, N. leyte, N. mindanaoensis, N. negros, N. ramos, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra. 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. In their original paper defining the N. alata group, Martin Cheek and Matthew Jebb treated N. ceciliae as possibly conspecific with N. copelandii.