Nepenthes insignis
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| An upper pitcher of Nepenthes insignis from the New Guinea mainland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. insignis |
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Nepenthes insignis Danser (1928) |
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Nepenthes insignis /nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ɪnˈsɪɡnɪs/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to New Guinea and surrounding islands. The specific epithet insignis is Latin for "distinguished" or "remarkable".
The first known collection of N. insignis was made by August Adriaan Pulle on November 9, 1912. The specimen, Pulle 277, was collected in southwestern New Guinea at the "[b]order of the Beaufort River" at an altitude of 80 m. It includes male floral material and is deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens (formerly the Herbarium of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens) in Java. It is also preserved in alcohol and is sheet 201110 at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden.
Nepenthes insignis was collected again in September 1926, by Willem Marius Docters van Leeuwen. The specimens, Docters van Leeuwen 10258 and 10286, were collected in northwestern New Guinea at the "[b]order of affluent C of the Rouffaer River" at an altitude of 250 m. They are also deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, although they do not include floral material.
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