''Nepenthes mira'' (; from

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''mirus'' "wonderful") is a highland

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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

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 t ...

in the

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. It grows at elevations of 1550–1605 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 ...

''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. ''Nepenthes mira'' was formally described by

Matthew Jebb Matthew Hilary Peter Jebb (born 1958) is an Irish botanist and taxonomist specialising in the ant plant genera ''Squamellaria'', '' Myrmecodia'', '' Hydnophytum'', ''Myrmephytum'' and '' Anthorrhiza'', as well as the carnivorous plant genus '' ...

and

Martin Cheek Martin Roy Cheek (born 1960) is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Bornean Borean (also Boreal or Boralean)http://ehl.santafe.edu/EhlforWeb.pdf is a hypothetical linguistic macrofamily that encompasses almost all language families worldwide except those native to the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and the Andaman Islands. ...

species '' N. edwardsiana'', '' N. macrophylla'', and '' N. villosa''.Schlauer, J. 2000. ''

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'' 29(2): 53. In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist

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treats this species as a

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of '' N. deaniana''.Schlauer, J. N.d
''Nepenthes mira''
Carnivorous Plant Database. ''Nepenthes mira'' has no known

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s. No forms or varieties have been described.

References

* Amoroso, V.B., L.D. Obsioma, J.B. Arlalejo, R.A. Aspiras, D.P. Capili, J.J.A. Polizon & E.B. Sumile 2009. Inventory and conservation of endangered, endemic and economically important flora of Hamiguitan Range, southern Philippines. ''Blumea'' 54(1–3): 71–76. * Bauer, U., C.J. Clemente, T. Renner & W. Federle 2012. Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous ''Nepenthes'' pitcher plants. ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'' 25(1): 90–102. * Co, L. & W. Suarez 2012

Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines. * Fleischmann, A. & G. Heubl 2009. Overcoming DNA extraction problems from carnivorous plants. ''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 66(2): 209–215. * 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. ''

Das Taublatt ''Das Taublatt'' is a triannual German-language periodical based in Bochum and the official publication of Gesellschaft für fleischfressende Pflanzen im deutschsprachigen Raum, a carnivorous plant society based in Germany.Rice, B. 2010Carnivor ...

'' 60(1): 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. ''

Carniflora Australis ''Carniflora Australis'' was a biannual English-language periodical and the official publication of the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society.Rice, B. 2010Carnivorous Plant Society Archives The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. rchived page from October 1 ...

'' 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. * Meimberg, H. 2002. Ph.D. thesis, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich. * Meimberg, H. & G. Heubl 2006. Introduction of a nuclear marker for phylogenetic analysis of Nepenthaceae. ''Plant Biology'' 8(6): 831–840. * Meimberg, H., S. Thalhammer, A. Brachmann & G. Heubl 2006. Comparative analysis of a translocated copy of the ''trnK'' intron in carnivorous family Nepenthaceae. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 39(2): 478–490. Carnivorous plants of Asia

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Endemic flora of the Philippines Flora of Palawan Plants described in 1998 Vulnerable flora of Asia Taxa named by Matthew Jebb Taxa named by Martin Cheek {{Nepenthes-stub

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