''Nepenthes deaniana'' (; after Dean C. Worcester) is a tropical

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to the

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, where it grows at an altitude of 1180–1296 m above sea level.McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''

Pitcher Plants of the Old World ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World'' is a two-volume monograph by Stewart McPherson on the pitcher plants of the genera ''Nepenthes'' and ''Cephalotus''. It was published in May 2009 by Redfern Natural History Productions and covers all species kno ...

''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. The species is known only from the summit region of Thumb Peak, a relatively small,

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mountain in Puerto Princesa Province,

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

. ''Nepenthes deaniana'' has no known

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s. No forms or varieties have been described. In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist

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treats '' N. gantungensis'', '' N. leonardoi'' and '' N. mira'' as

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s of ''N. deaniana''.

Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (June 14, 1870 – 1942) was an American botanist and plant collector.. He was mostly active in the Philippines, his collections being described as new species by both himself and other botanists. The Japanese sent him ...

recorded a plant from Mount Pulgar (now known as Thumb Peak) matching the description of ''N. deaniana''. He made mention of this discovery in the April 20, 1912 issue of ''

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'', in his formal description of '' N. graciliflora'':Elmer, A.D.E. 1912
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Recently the writer lmerobserved a large sterile species on mount Pulgar of Palawan. Some of its pitchers were a foot long and six inches thick!

References

* Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 1999. ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae) in Palawan, Philippines. ''Kew Bulletin'' 54(4): 887–895. * Co, L. & W. Suarez 2012
Nepenthaceae
Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. * McPherson, S. 2007
The Type Form of ''Nepenthes deaniana''
Carnivorous Plants UK, July 19, 2007. * McPherson, S.R. & V.B. Amoroso 2011. ''

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines This list of ''Nepenthes'' literature is a listing of major published works dealing with the tropical pitcher plants of the genus ''Nepenthes''. It includes specialised standalone publications and Biological classification, taxonomic monographs ...

''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. * McPherson, S. & T. Gronemeyer 2008. Die Nepenthesarten der Philippinen: eine Fotodokumentation. ''

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'' 60: 34–78. * McPherson, S., G. Bourke, J. Cervancia, M. Jaunzems, E. Gironella, A. Robinson & A. Fleischmann 2011. ''Nepenthes leonardoi'' (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant species from Palawan, Philippines. ''

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'' 8(1): 4–19. * McPherson, S.R. 2011. Comparison of the highland Palaweño ''Nepenthes''. In: '' New Nepenthes: Volume One''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 364–381. * Mey, F.S. 2013
''Nepenthes deaniana'' in cultivation
''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', July 30, 2013. * Miles, J. 2012
Discovering a lost world of rat-eating plants in the Philippines
''Friday'', October 9, 2012. * Schlauer, J. 1995

Carnivorous Plant Mailing List, October 5, 1995. * Schlauer, J. 2000
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'' 29(2): 53.
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Redfern Natural History Productions.

External links

Photographs of ''N. deaniana''
at the Carnivorous Plant Photofinder {{Taxonbar, from=Q4912254 Carnivorous plants of Asia deaniana Endemic flora of the Philippines Flora of Palawan Plants described in 1908

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