Nepenthes diabolica

Nepenthes diabolica
	A developing pitcher of N. diabolica, showing its shaggy, fur-like indumentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. diabolica
Binomial name
	Nepenthes diabolica; A.Bianchi, Chi.C.Lee, Golos, Mey, M.Mansur & A.S.Rob. (2020)[1]
Synonyms
	Nepenthes hamata; auct. non J.R.Turnbull & A.T.Middleton: S.McPherson (2009);[2] S.McPherson & A.S.Rob. (2012)[3] [=N. diabolica/N. hamata]; Nepenthes ronchinii; A.Bianchi ined. (2016)[4];

Nepenthes diabolica is a tropical pitcher plant known only from a single mountain in Central Sulawesi, where it occurs at c. 2200–2300 m above sea level.[1] It is characterised by an exceptionally developed peristome and conspicuous, woolly pitcher indumentum. Morphologically it is closest to N. hamata, the only other species from Sulawesi with a similarly elaborated peristome.[1]

The specific epithet diabolica is Latin for "diabolical" or "devilish" and refers to both the typical red colouration of the lower pitchers and their greatly enlarged peristome teeth.[1]

References

Bianchi, A., C.C. Lee, M.R. Golos, F.S. Mey, M. Mansur, Y.M. Mambrasar & A.S. Robinson (2020). Nepenthes diabolica (Nepenthaceae), a new species of toothed pitcher plant from Central Sulawesi. Phytotaxa 464(1): 29–48. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.464.1.2
McPherson, S.R. (2009). Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
McPherson, S.R. & A.S. Robinson (2012). Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sulawesi. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
Bianchi, A. (2016). Nepenthes ronchinii, a new pitcher plant species from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Unpublished B.Sc. thesis, University of Pavia, Pavia.

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[diabolica-1] Bianchi, A., C.C. Lee, M.R. Golos, F.S. Mey, M. Mansur, Y.M. Mambrasar & A.S. Robinson (2020). Nepenthes diabolica (Nepenthaceae), a new species of toothed pitcher plant from Central Sulawesi. Phytotaxa 464(1): 29–48. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.464.1.2

[McPherson2009-2] McPherson, S.R. (2009). Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

[McPhersonRobinson2012-3] McPherson, S.R. & A.S. Robinson (2012). Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sulawesi. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

[4] Bianchi, A. (2016). Nepenthes ronchinii, a new pitcher plant species from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Unpublished B.Sc. thesis, University of Pavia, Pavia.