Nepenthes × alisaputrana | |
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A lower pitcher of N. × alisaputrana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Core eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nepenthaceae |
Genus: | Nepenthes |
Species: | N. × alisaputrana |
Binomial name | |
Nepenthes × alisaputrana J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1992) |
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Distribution of N. × alisaputrana. | |
Synonyms | |
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Nepenthes × alisaputrana (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz ˈɑːlᵻsəpʊˈtrɑːnə/ preferably, or /əˈlɪsəpʊˈtrɑːnə/, after Datuk Lamri Ali), or the Leopard Pitcher-Plant, is a hybrid of two well-known Nepenthes pitcher plant species: N. burbidgeae and N. rajah. The plant is confined to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo.
Nepenthes × alisaputrana was described in 1992 by J. H. Adam and C. C. Wilcock and is named in honour of Datuk Lamri Ali, a former Director of Sabah Parks. It is only known from a few remote localities within Kinabalu National Park, where it grows in stunted, open vegetation over serpentine soils at around 2000 m above sea level, often amongst populations of N. burbidgeae. It grows alongside both parent species on Pig Hill, where it is found at 1930–1950 m.