''Nepenthes thai'' 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 ...
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 ...
to
peninsular
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. It grows on
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
hills at elevations of 500–600 m
above sea level.
[McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. ''''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.]
''Nepenthes thai'' has no known
natural hybrid
In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Hybrids are not always intermediates between their parents (such as in ...
s.
[ Catalano, M. 2010. '' Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio''. Prague.]
References
* Mey, F.S. 2014
'Nepenthes of Indochina', my 2010 ICPS lecture now on Youtube.''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', February 3, 2014.
External links
thai
Endemic flora of Thailand
Carnivorous plants of Asia
Plants described in 2009
Taxa named by Martin Cheek
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