Nepenthes mikei
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| An upper pitcher of Nepenthes mikei from Mount Pangulubao, North Sumatra | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. mikei |
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Nepenthes mikei B.R.Salmon & Maulder (1995) |
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Nepenthes mikei /nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˈmɪki.aɪ/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. It is characterised by its black mottled lower and upper pitchers. The species is closely related to N. angasanensis and N. tobaica.
The specific epithet mikei honours Mike Hopkins, who co-discovered the species with the describing authors.
Nepenthes mikei was discovered on Mount Pangulubao in September 1989 by Bruce Salmon, Mike Hopkins, and Ricky Maulder, during a Nepenthes expedition to Sumatra. On this trip, the team also found two other undescribed Nepenthes taxa on the mountain: N. ovata and a plant they named N. xiphioides. The latter is now considered a heterotypic synonym of N. gymnamphora.
An early colour photograph of N. mikei was published by Mike Hopkins, Ricky Maulder, and Bruce Salmon, in a 1990 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, where the plant was identified simply as Nepenthes sp. 'New Species'. The authors described it as follows:
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