''Nepenthes kampotiana'' is a tropical

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native to southern

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, eastern

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, and at least southern coastal

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.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.Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the ''Nepenthes'' species of Vietnam. ''

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'' 45(3): 93–101. It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m

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. The

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''kampotiana'' refers to the Cambodian city of

Kampot Kampot may refer to: *Kampot (city), a city in southern Cambodia *Kampot, an alternative spelling of the Slavic drink Kompot *Kampot Province, province of Cambodia * Kampot Municipality, a municipality in Cambodia * Kampot Airport, an airport in Ca ...

, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected. This species is closely related to '' N. chang''.Catalano, M. 2010. In: '' Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio''. Prague. p. 38. ''Nepenthes geoffrayi'' is a

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of ''N. kampotiana''. In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist

Jan Schlauer Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

treats ''N. kampotiana'' as a

of '' N. smilesii''.

Natural hybrids

*'' N. bokorensis'' × ''N. kampotiana''Mey, F.S. 2016
The beautiful ''Nepenthes kampotiana x bokorensis''
''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', 5 October 2016. *''N. kampotiana'' × '' N. mirabilis'' Catalano, M. 2010. '' Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio''. Prague.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia kampotiana Flora of Cambodia Flora of Thailand Flora of Vietnam Plants described in 1909 {{Nepenthes-stub

Natural hybrids

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