Nepenthes chang
| Nepenthes chang | |
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| A rosette plant of Nepenthes chang | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. chang |
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Nepenthes chang M.Catal. (2010) |
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Nepenthes chang is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Banthad Mountains of central Thailand, where it grows at elevations of 300–600 m above sea level. It is thought to be most closely related to N. kampotiana.
The specific epithet chang refers to the Thai island of Ko Chang, where the type specimen was collected.
The first known collection of N. chang was made by Arthur Francis George Kerr in 1929. This specimen, Kerr 17727, was collected at an elevation of around 600 m from Khao Kuap, Trat Province, Thailand. It is deposited at the Bangkok Herbarium (BK).
Nepenthes chang was formally described by Marcello Catalano in his 2010 book, Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. The description was reviewed by Alastair Robinson, while Andreas Fleischmann provided the Latin translation.Catalano 013394 was designated as the holotype. This specimen was collected by Catalano in 2009 from Ko Chang island at an altitude of about 300 m. It is deposited at the Chulalongkorn University Herbarium (BCU).
Nepenthes chang is a climbing plant growing to a height of approximately 5 m. The stem is and 4–6 mm in diameter. Internodes are up to 5 cm long. The stem is typically orange to red in rosettes and light green in climbing plants.
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