Nepenthes Veitchii

''Nepenthes veitchii'' (; after James Veitch, nurseryman of the Veitch Nurseries), or Veitch's pitcher-plant,Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. is a '' Nepenthes'' species from the island of Borneo. The plant is widespread in north-western Borneo and can also be found in parts of Kalimantan. ''Nepenthes veitchii'' usually grows as an epiphyte, though the form from Bario seems to be strictly terrestrial and has not been observed to climb trees.

Frederick William Burbidge described the growth habit of ''N. veitchii'' in ''The Gardeners' Chronicle'' as follows:

Now as to N. Veitchii. This is a true epiphyte. I never met with it on the ground anywhere, but in great quantity 20—100 feet high on tree trunks. Its distichous habit is unique, I fancy, and then some of the leaves actually clasp around the tree just as a man would fold his arms around it in similar circumstances. No other species of Nepenthes, so far as I know, has this habit.

Odoardo Beccari found ''N. veitchii'' on the top of Mount Santubong in 1865. He wrote the following account of his discovery:

This is one of the finest and rarest of all pitcher-plants. ... Some of the specimens I got measured quite ten inches in length. The mouth of the pitcher in this species is certainly its most conspicuous and remarkable part by reason of its rich orange colour and its vertical position. It is also a perfect trap to entice insects into its interior, attracting them from a distance by its bright colours. Sir Joseph Hooker compares the mouth of the pitchers of ''N. veitchii'' to the gills of a fish, to which, indeed, with their narrow lamellae converging to the centre, they bear considerable resemblance.

''Nepenthes veitchii'' is thought to be closely related to '' N. robcantleyi'' from the Philippines.Cheek, M. 2011. ''Nepenthes robcantleyi'' sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. ''Nordic Journal of Botany'' 29(6): 677–681. It has also been compared to '' N. truncata''.

Infraspecific taxa

The following infraspecific taxa of ''N. veitchii'' have been described.Schlauer, J. N.d
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Carnivorous Plant Database. Both are ''nomina nuda'' and are not considered valid today.

*''Nepenthes veitchii'' f. ''barioensis'' Hort. ''ex'' Y.Fukatsu (1999) '' nom.nud.''
*''Nepenthes veitchii'' var. ''striata'' Hort.Veitch (1892) '' nom.nud.''

Natural hybrids

The following natural hybrids involving ''N. veitchii'' have been recorded.

*'' N. albomarginata'' × ''N. veitchii''Clarke, C.M. 1997. ''Nepenthes of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
*'' N. chaniana'' × ''N. veitchii''Phillipps, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. ''Pitcher Plants of Borneo''. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
*? '' N. faizaliana'' × ''N. veitchii''
*'' N. fusca'' × ''N. veitchii'' N._hurrelliana''.html" ;"title="Nepenthes_hurrelliana.html" ;"title="?'' N._hurrelliana''">Nepenthes_hurrelliana.html"_;"title="?''Nepenthes_hurrelliana">N._hurrelliana''*''Nepenthes_hurrelliana.html" ;"title="Nepenthes hurrelliana">N. hurrelliana''">Nepenthes_hurrelliana.html" ;"title="?''Nepenthes hurrelliana">N. hurrelliana''*''Nepenthes hurrelliana">N. hurrelliana'' × ''N. veitchii''McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. [=?('' N. fusca'' × ''N. veitchii'') × ''N. veitchii'']
*'' Nepenthes lowii, N. lowii'' × ''N. veitchii''
*'' N. stenophylla'' × ''N. veitchii''

References

Further reading

* nonymous1881
Messrs. Veitch's ''Nepenthes''-house.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', new series, 16(410): 598–599.
* nonymous1881
New garden plants. ''Nepenthes Veitchii'', Hook. f.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', new series, 16(416): 780–781.
* nonymous1883
Mr. A. E. Ratcliff's ''Nepenthes''
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'' 20(497): 18–19.
* nonymous1887
''Nepenthes'' at Messrs. Veitch's, Chelsea.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', series 3, 2(41): 438.
* Adam, J.H., C.C. Wilcock & M.D. Swaine 1992. ''Journal of Tropical Forest Science'' 5(1): 13–25.
* Adam, J.H. & C.C. Wilcock 1999. ''Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science'' 22(1): 1–7.
* André, E. 1876
''Nepenthes Veitchi'', J. D. Hook.
''L'Illustration horticole: revue mensuelle des serres et des jardins'' 23: 192–193, t. 261.
* 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.
* Benz, M.J., E.V. Gorb & S.N. Gorb 2012. Diversity of the slippery zone microstructure in pitchers of nine carnivorous ''Nepenthes'' taxa. ''Arthropod-Plant Interactions'' 6(1): 147–158.
* Bourke, G. 2010. ''Captive Exotics Newsletter'' 1(1): 4–7.
* Bourke, G. 2011. The ''Nepenthes'' of Mulu National Park. ''Carniflora Australis'' 8(1): 20–31.
* Chung, A.Y.C. 2006. ''Biodiversity and Conservation of The Meliau Range: A Rain Forest in Sabah's Ultramafic Belt''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. .
* Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. ''The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15.
* De Witte, J. 1996.   ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 25(2): 41–45.
* Dixon, W.E. 1889
''Nepenthes''.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', series 3, 6(144): 354.
*Dodd, C. 1990.   ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 19(3-4): 106-108.
* Hansen, E. 2001
Where rocks sing, ants swim, and plants eat animals: finding members of the ''Nepenthes'' carnivorous plant family in Borneo
''Discover'' 22(10): 60–68.
* Jarry-Desloges, R. 1903
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''Le Jardin'' 17: 72.
* Lee, C.C. 2000
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ideoThe 3rd Conference of the International Carnivorous Plant Society, San Francisco, USA.
* Lee, C.C. 2002. ''Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Hiroshima University, Tokyo'': 25–30.
* Lee, C.C. 2002
''Nepenthes'' species of the Hose Mountains in Sarawak, Borneo
ideoThe 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference, Tokyo, Japan. (video by Irmgard & Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer)
* Mansur, M. 2001. In: ''Prosiding Seminar Hari Cinta Puspa dan Satwa Nasional''. Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor. pp. 244–253.
* Moore, D. 1872
On the culture of ''Nepenthes'' at Glasnevin.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette'' 1872(11): 359–360.
* Masters, M.T. 1882
New garden plants. ''Nepenthes rubro-maculata''×, Hort. Veitch.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', new series, 17(423): 143.
* Masters, M.T. 1882
New garden plants. ''Nepenthes lanata''.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle'', new series, 17(424): 178.
* McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. '' Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo''. 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.
* Meimberg, H., S. Thalhammer, A. Brachmann & G. Heubl 2006. Comparative analysis of a translocated copy of the ''trnK'' intron in carnivorous family Nepenthaceae. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 39(2): 478–490.
* Mey, F.S. 2014
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* Miyagi, I. & T. Toma 2007. A new mosquito of the genus ''Topomyia'' (Diptera, Culicidae) from a ''Nepenthes'' pitcher plant in a Bario highland of Sarawak, Malaysia. ''Medical Entomology and Zoology'' 58(3): 167–174
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* Neubauer, J. 2003
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* Siegara, A. & Yogiara 2009
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''Microbiology Indonesia'' 3(3): 109–114.
* Thorogood, C. 2010. '' The Malaysian Nepenthes: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Perspectives''. Nova Science Publishers, New York.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia
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Endemic flora of Borneo
Plants described in 1859
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