Nepenthes smilesii
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| Nepenthes smilesii growing in Kampot Province, Cambodia, at an elevation of 16 m | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. smilesii |
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Nepenthes smilesii Hemsl. (1895) |
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Nepenthes smilesii (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˈsmaɪlzi.aɪ/ or /smaɪˈliːzi.aɪ/) is a tropical pitcher plant native to northeastern Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.Nepenthes smilesii can tolerate an extended dry season and is most common in open, sandy savannah and grassland.
The specific epithet smilesii refers to plant collector Frederick Henry Smiles, who made the first known collection of this species.
Nepenthes anamensis is a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii. Its conservation status appears as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
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