Nepenthes glabrata
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| Two upper pitchers of Nepenthes glabrata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. glabrata |
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Nepenthes glabrata J.R.Turnbull & A.T.Middleton (1984) |
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Nepenthes glabrata /nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˈɡlæbrɑːtə/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sulawesi. The species grows in open, high forest at elevations of 1600 to 2100 m. It produces dainty, colourful pitchers reaching only a few centimetres in height. These traps are red speckled on a yellowish background, giving them a "hand painted" appearance.
The specific epithet glabrata is derived from the Latin word glaber, meaning "hairless", and refers to the mostly nature of this species.
As in the case of N. eymae and N. hamata, two formal descriptions of this species were published almost concurrently. The first, by Shigeo Kurata under the name N. rubromaculata, was published on February 6, 1984, in the Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society. The second, by John R. Turnbull and Anne T. Middleton as N. glabratus, was published four days later on February 10, in Reinwardtia. Although Kurata's article was printed first, the name he used is a later homonym of a horticultural hybrid published in 1891 (N. × rubromaculata) and is thus a nomen illegitimum (illegitimate name).Nepenthes glabrata (emended with a feminine suffix) is therefore the correct name for this species.
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