''Nepenthes monticola'' is a tropical

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known from a number of mountains in the west central highlands of

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New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

, where it grows at elevations of 1400–2620 m

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. Prior to its description as a species in 2011, ''N. monticola'' was lumped with the closely related '' N. lamii''.Wistuba, A. 2012. ''Nepenthes lamii'' - ''Nepenthes monticola''. In: Associazione Italiana Piante Carnivore. pp. 22–23.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia monticola Endemic flora of Western New Guinea Plants described in 2011 {{Nepenthes-stub