''Nepenthes paniculata'' (; from

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belonging to the

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Nepenthes ''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...

''. ''Nepenthes paniculata'' is probably

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to Doorman Top, a mountain in

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(). In recent times it has been recorded from

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on a ridge top at 1,460 m altitude.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. No forms or varieties of this species have been described. It may form

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s with '' N. papuana''. In 1994, A. Wistuba, H. Rischer, B. Baumgartl, and B. Kistler explored Doorman Top in search of ''N. paniculata'' but found no ''Nepenthes'' other than '' N. lamii'' (then known as '' N. vieillardii'') and '' N. maxima''.Wistuba, A. 1994
Re: ''Nepenthes''-discussion
Carnivorous Plant Mailing List, September 15, 1994. However, they climbed a different slope to the one from which ''N. paniculata'' was originally collected. In August 2013, the species was rediscovered by a team consisting of Holger Gossner, Thomas Gronemeyer, David Marwinski, Stewart McPherson, Marius Micheler,

Joachim Nerz Dr. Joachim Nerz (born 1964) is a German taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genera ''Heliamphora'' and '' Nepenthes''. Nerz has described several new species, mostly with Andreas Wistuba. Publications * Schlauer, J. ...

Andreas Wistuba Andreas Wistuba (born 4 March 1967) is a German taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genera ''Heliamphora'' and '' Nepenthes''. More than half of all known ''Heliamphora'' species have been described by Wistuba. Pub ...

, and Urs Zimmermann.Rediscovery of ''Nepenthes paniculata''

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Redfern Natural History Productions. This expedition was the first to document the lower pitchers, which superficially resemble those of '' N. merrilliana'' and species related to it from the

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.Mey, F.S. 2013
What would be the concept of ''Nepenthes paniculata''?
''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', August 18, 2013. Image:Nepenthes_paniculata.PNG, ''Nepenthes paniculata'' holotype (Lam 1569)

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