''Nepenthes appendiculata'' is a tropical

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 ...

known only from the

Hose Mountains The Hose Mountains ( ms, Pegunungan Hose) are a mountain range in central Sarawak, Borneo. They span the area between the watersheds of the Balleh and Balui Rivers.Lee, C.C. 2002. ''Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Confere ...

of central

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

, where it grows at elevations of 1450–1700 m

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. The species is characterised by an enlarged glandular appendage on the lower lid surface, for which it is named.Bourke, G. 2012. ''Nepenthes appendiculata''. In
''AIPC Special Issue 4: News of 2011''.
Associazione Italiana Piante Carnivore. p. 17.

References

* Lee, C.C. 2012
New Pitcher Plant Discoveries
''Jungle Notes'', February 2, 2012. appendiculata Carnivorous plants of Asia Endemic flora of Borneo Plants described in 2011 Flora of the Borneo montane rain forests {{Nepenthes-stub