Nepenthes vieillardii

Nepenthes vieillardii
A lower pitcher of Nepenthes vieillardii from Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. vieillardii
Binomial name
Nepenthes vieillardii
Hook.f. (1873)[1]
Synonyms

Nepenthes vieillardii (/nˈpɛnθz ˌv.ɛˈlɑːrdi./; after Eugène Vieillard, collector of plants from New Caledonia and Tahiti between 1861 and 1867) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to the island of New Caledonia. Its distribution is the most easterly of any Nepenthes species. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[4]

Tripteroides caledonicus mosquitoes breed in the pitchers of this species.[5]

Infraspecific taxa

References

  1. (Latin) Hooker, J.D. 1873. Ordo CLXXV bis. Nepenthaceæ. In: A. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 17: 90–105.
  2. Danser, B.H. 1928. 50. Nepenthes Vieillardii HOOK. F.. In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
  3. Jebb, M.H.P. 1991. An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 17(1): 7–54.
  4. Clarke, C.M., R. Cantley, J. Nerz, H. Rischer & A. Witsuba 2000. Nepenthes veillardii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 22 August 2007.
  5. Iyengar, M.O.T. 1969. Eggs of two species of Tripteroides Giles from New Caledonia (Diptera: Culicidae). PDF Australian Journal of Entomology 8(2): 214–216. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00761.x
  6. Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.

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