''Nepenthes treubiana'' (; after
Melchior Treub) is a tropical
pitcher plant native to
Western New Guinea and the island of
Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...
(including a number of smaller islands).
[McPherson, S.R. 2009. '' Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.]
This species occurs on the cliffs of the
McCluer Gulf McCluer may refer to:
* John McCluer (c. 1759–1795), British hydrographer
* McCluer High School, in Florissant, Missouri, US
* McCluer North High School
McCluer North High School (founded 1971) is a public school in Florissant, Missouri, Un ...
and in coastal regions of the
Fakfak peninsula.
Large subpopulations are now confirmed on
Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (Dutch: Misoöl) or Misol, is one of the four major islands in the Raja Ampat Islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. Its area is 2,034 km2. The highest point is 561 m and the main towns are Waigama, located ...
.
[Jebb, M.H.P. 1991. An account of ''Nepenthes'' in New Guinea. ''Science in New Guinea'' 17(1): 7–54.] Geographer
Stewart McPherson had been unable to find any plants during a prior trip to the island (although he did find
''N.'' sp. Misool).
''Nepenthes treubiana'' has no known
natural hybrids.
No forms or varieties have been described.
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.
* Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. ''
The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15.
* Macfarlane, J.M. 1911
New species of ''Nepenthes''.''Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania'' 3(3): 207–210.
plates I–II
* Mansur, M. 2001. In: ''Prosiding Seminar Hari Cinta Puspa dan Satwa Nasional''. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor. pp. 244–253.
* Marwinski, D. 2014. Eine Expedition nach West-Papua oder auf den Spuren von ''Nepenthes paniculata''. ''
Das Taublatt
''Das Taublatt'' is a triannual German-language periodical based in Bochum and the official publication of Gesellschaft für fleischfressende Pflanzen im deutschsprachigen Raum, a carnivorous plant society based in Germany.Rice, B. 2010Carnivor ...
'' 78: 11–44.
* 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.
* Mey, F.S. 2014
A short visit to Papua, video by Alastair Robinson and Davide Baj.''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', February 25, 2014.
External links
treubiana
Carnivorous plants of Asia
Flora of Western New Guinea
Plants described in 1891
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