Nepenthes vieillardii

Nepenthes vieillardii (/nɪˈpɛnθz ˌvɛˈlɑːrdi/; after Eugène Vieillard, collector of plants from New Caledonia and Tahiti between 1861 and 1867) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to the island of New Caledonia. Its distribution is the most easterly of any Nepenthes species. Its natural habitat is shrublands or forests, to about 900 metres (3,000 ft) altitude.[1]

Nepenthes vieillardii
A lower pitcher of Nepenthes vieillardii from Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. vieillardii
Binomial name
Nepenthes vieillardii
Hook.f. (1873)[2]
Synonyms

Tripteroides caledonicus mosquitoes breed in the pitchers of this species.[5]

Infraspecific taxa

  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. deplanchei Dub. (1906)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. humilis (Moore) Guilliaum. (1964)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. minima Guillaum. (1953)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. montrouzieri (Dub.) Macfarl. (1908)[6]

References

  1. Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes vieillardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T39711A143966417. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. (in Latin) Hooker, J.D. 1873. Ordo CLXXV bis. Nepenthaceæ. In: A. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 17: 90–105.
  3. Danser, B.H. 1928. 50. Nepenthes Vieillardii HOOK. F.. In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
  4. Jebb, M.H.P. 1991. An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 17(1): 7–54.
  5. Iyengar, M.O.T. 1969. "Eggs of two species of Tripteroides Giles from New Caledonia (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09. Australian Journal of Entomology 8(2): 214–216. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00761.x
  6. Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.

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