''Nepenthes parvula'' is a tropical
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 ...
native to the
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupació ...
of
Queensland
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,
Australia.
It is the fourth ''
Nepenthes'' species recorded from the continent and its third
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 ...
species. ''Nepenthes parvula'' is closely related to the three other Australian ''Nepenthes'' species: ''
N. mirabilis'', ''
N. rowaniae and
N. tenax''.
The
specific epithet ''
parvula'' refers to the diminutive size of mature plants.
[''Nepenthes parvula'' Gary W.Wilson & S.Venter]
International Plant Names Index
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...
(IPNI).
References
Carnivorous plants of Australia
parvula
Plants described in 2016
Caryophyllales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
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