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About
*Nepenthes alzapan* is a diminutive tropical pitcher plant native to Luzon, known for its close morphological resemblance to *N. bellii*. It is currently known only from limited herbarium specimens collected in 1925.
Field notes
Morphology
The species has similarly diminutive pitchers compared to related species like *N. bellii*.
Distribution & habitat
Luzon, Philippines; submontane mossy forest at an elevation of 1800 m above sea level.
History & etymology
The specific epithet alzapan refers to Mount Alzapan in the Sierra Madre mountains, where the type material was collected.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 1,800–1,800 m
- Altitude Class
- highland
- IUCN Status
- Data Deficient
Taxonomy
- Described
- 2013
- Authority
- Jebb & Cheek
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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