Nepenthes boschiana
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Nepenthes boschiana or Bosch's Pitcher-Plant, is a tropical pitcher plant
endemic to Borneo
. It is most closely related to N. faizaliana
. Nepenthes borneensis is considered a synonym
of this species. Nepenthes boschiana has no known natural hybrids. No valid forms or varieties have been described.
The species was formally described
by Pieter Willem Korthals
in his 1839 monograph, "Over het geslacht Nepenthes
". B. H. Danser
, in his 1928 monograph "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies
", wrote the following:
Pitcher plant
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection pressure favouring more deeply cupped leaves over...
endemic to Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
. It is most closely related to N. faizaliana
Nepenthes faizaliana
Nepenthes faizaliana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the limestone cliffs of Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Borneo. It is thought to be most closely related to N. boschiana.-Botanical history:...
. Nepenthes borneensis is considered a synonym
Synonym
Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
of this species. Nepenthes boschiana has no known natural hybrids. No valid forms or varieties have been described.
The species was formally described
Species description
A species description or type description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously, or are...
by Pieter Willem Korthals
Pieter Willem Korthals
Pieter Willem Korthals was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836....
in his 1839 monograph, "Over het geslacht Nepenthes
Over het geslacht Nepenthes
"Over het geslacht Nepenthes" is a monograph by Pieter Willem Korthals on the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It was published in 1839 in Coenraad Jacob Temminck's Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen...
". B. H. Danser
B. H. Danser
Benedictus Hubertus Danser , often abbreviated B. H. Danser, was a Dutch taxonomist and botanist...
, in his 1928 monograph "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies
The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies
"The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies" is a seminal monograph by B. H. Danser on the tropical pitcher plants of the Dutch East Indies, North Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and eastern New Guinea...
", wrote the following:
Korthals states the natives who accompanied him on Mt. Sakoembang gathered the not yet opened pitchers, as the water which they contained was a medicament against inflammation of the eyes, whereas others cut the opened pitchers as playthings for their children. He describes the habitat as sterile, open and stony. The vernacular name' daoen sompitan' is translated by him as blow-pipe-leaf; according to dictionaries this is right.
Infraspecific taxa
- Nepenthes boschiana var. lowii Hook.f. (1873) [=N. stenophyllaNepenthes stenophyllaNepenthes stenophylla , or the Narrow-Leaved Pitcher-Plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. The species produces attractive funnel-shaped pitchers up to 25 cm high...
] - Nepenthes boschiana var. sumatrana Miq. (1858) [=N. sumatranaNepenthes sumatranaNepenthes sumatrana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, after which it is named.-Discovery and taxonomy:...
]
External links
- Photographs of N. boschiana at the Carnivorous Plant Photofinder