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About
A diminutive, endemic tropical pitcher plant, *Nepenthes adnata* is notable for its small size and specific morphology, featuring pitchers that are generally speckled with reddish-purple blotches and a dark purple peristome.
Field notes
Morphology
The stem is cylindrical and may be climbing or drooping, rarely exceeding 2 m in length and 3 mm in diameter. Leaves are coriaceous and sessile, with a lanceolate-ellipsoidal lamina up to 10 cm long and 2 cm wide. Rosette and lower pitchers are small, reaching only 10 cm in height and 2.5 cm in width, featuring a round, slightly oblique mouth and a cylindrical peristome up to 2 mm wide. Upper pitchers are ovoid in the lower quarter and cylindrical to infundibular above. The pitchers are generally speckled with reddish-purple blotches, and the peristome is usually dark purple.
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, growing at an altitudinal range of 600 to 1200 m above sea level, particularly in the mountains of the Tjampo river region.
History & etymology
First collected by Willem Meijer on August 24, 1957. The species was first described in 1986 by Mitsuru Hotta and Rusjdi Tamin, though the description was later validated by Jan Schlauer.
Conservation
The habitat may be threatened in the near future by fires deliberately started to clear forest for agricultural purposes. One easily accessible population is considered 'severely threatened' by Charles Clarke.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 600–1,200 m
- Altitude Class
- intermediate
- Native To
- Sumatra, Indonesia
- IUCN Status
- Endangered
Taxonomy
- Described
- 1994
- Authority
- Tamin & M.Hotta ex Schlauer
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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