Jumaat Haji Adam (born 1956) is a

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

specialising in the

carnivorous A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other sof ...

pitcher plant Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher p ...

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Nepenthes ''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...

''. Adam has described numerous ''Nepenthes''

taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ...

, mostly with

C. C. Wilcock Christopher C. Wilcock (born 1946) is a taxonomist specialising in the carnivorous pitcher plant genus ''Nepenthes''. Together with J. H. Adam, Wilcock has described several ''Nepenthes'' taxa, including the species '' N. faizaliana'' and '' N. ma ...

, including the species '' N. faizaliana'' and '' N. mapuluensis'', as well as the

natural hybrid In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not always intermediates between their parents (such as in ...

s '' N. × alisaputrana'', '' N. × sarawakiensis'',Adam, J.H. & C.C. Wilcock 1993. One new natural hybrid of ''Nepenthes'' from Mt. Mulu. ''The Sarawak Museum Journal'' 43: 291–294. and '' N. × sharifah-hapsahii''.

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