Nepenthes spathulata
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Nepenthes spathulata
Nepenthes spathulata is a species of the genus of pitcher plants ( Nepenthes ). This carnivorous plant is native to southern Sumatra.
Description
Nepenthes spathulata is a climber. The stem axis, in a diameter of only about 8 mm to a length of 5 meters. The leaves can be 30 cm long and 20 cm wide and are colored green. The bottom cans are light red to light brown, the opening of the bottom pot is red and the lid is red-green ( see title picture ), but they can also be more green than red colored (see below left ), like the air pots, which, however, also more red can be colored. Nevertheless, air and soil Pot differ significantly, because the air cans are missing the spikes, which carries the bottom pot on the front, also the opening of the base cans is jagged, whereas this is not the case with the air cans. The air cans are somewhat reminiscent of the pitchers of Nepenthes alata ( pictured above left), but their pitchers below are spherical, while the air cans of Nepenthes spathulata are oval shaped bottom. The cans are 15 inches high and 3 inches wide.
Occurrence and risk
Nepenthes spathulata is native to southern Sumatra. The range extends from Mount Tanggamus to Lake Kerinci. Their habitats are mossy mountain forests on the mountain tops at altitudes ranging from 1500 to 2000 meters. The plants growing on moss. Nepenthes spathulata is rare and is by the IUCN as " Vulnerable " = " at risk " rating.
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Taxonomy
The first description of Nepenthes spathulata in 1935 by Benedictus Hubertus Danser in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Ser. 3, 13, p 465 The epithet spathulata is derived from the Latin word for spathula spatula and means spatulate, this refers to the spatula-shaped cans.
Related species
At the Narrows Nepenthes spathulata is related to Nepenthes singalana. For this purpose, it is still more closely related to Nepenthes diatas, Nepenthes densiflora, and with junghuhnii Nepenthes, Nepenthes Nepenthes ovata bongso and with.