''Nepenthes tomoriana'' (; after
Tomori Bay
Tomori ( Japanese: 友利) is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Ede Tomori (1920–1997), Hungarian photographer
* Fikayo Tomori (born 1997), English footballer
*, Japanese golfer
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, from which the
type originates) is a species of
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
Sulawesi, where it grows at an elevation of 0–500 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.
Image:Nepenthes_tomoriana.gif, ''Nepenthes tomoriana'' holotype (Rachmat 645)
Image:Nepenthes tomoriana (Bogor botanical park).jpg, ''Nepenthes tomoriana'' in the Bogor Botanical Gardens
The Bogor Botanical Gardens ( id, Kebun Raya Bogor) is a botanical garden located in Bogor, Indonesia, 60 km south of central Jakarta. It is currently operated by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Indonesian: ''Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Ind ...
Natural hybrids
*''
N. mirabilis'' × ''N. tomoriana''
References
Further reading
* 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.
* Mansur, M. 2001. In: ''Prosiding Seminar Hari Cinta Puspa dan Satwa Nasional''. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor. pp. 244–253.
* McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. ''
Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sulawesi''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
* Meimberg, H., P. Dittrich, G. Bringmann, J. Schlauer & G. Heubl 2000. Molecular phylogeny of Caryophyllidae s.l. based on ''matK'' sequences with special emphasis on carnivorous taxa. ''Plant Biology'' 2(2): 218–228.
* Meimberg, H., A. Wistuba, P. Dittrich & G. Heubl 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Nepenthaceae based on cladistic analysis of plastid trnK intron sequence data. ''Plant Biology'' 3(2): 164–175.
* 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.
Carnivorous plants of Asia
tomoriana
Endemic flora of Sulawesi
Plants described in 1928
Taxa named by Benedictus Hubertus Danser
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