Nepenthes ovata
| Nepenthes ovata | |
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| A lower pitcher of Nepenthes ovata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. ovata |
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Nepenthes ovata Nerz & Wistuba (1994) |
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| Synonyms | |
Nepenthes ovata /nᵻˈpɛnθiːz oʊˈvɑːtə/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra. The specific epithet ovata is Latin for "" and refers to the shape of the lower pitchers.
Nepenthes ovata was first collected as early as November 1840 or 1841 by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn on Mount Lubukraya (Loeboekraja). Junghuhn collected two specimens at an elevation of 1990 m. Their growth habit is recorded as "in silvis cacuminis supremi scandens, repens", which means "in woods above peak creeping, climbing". One of the specimens, H.L.B. 908,155-870, was originally deposited at Herbarium Lugduno-Batavum in Leiden, while the other, H.A.R.T. 000252, was deposited at Herbarium Academicum Rheno-Traiectinum, the herbarium of the University of Utrecht. They are now held at the National Herbarium of the Netherlands in Leiden. Both consist of male plant material.
In his seminal monograph "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies", published in 1928, B. H. Danser referred the plant material collected by Junghuhn to N. bongso. Danser also treated specimens of N. talangensis under this taxon.
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