Nepenthes boschiana

Nepenthes boschiana
	Lower pitcher of Nepenthes boschiana. Cultivated plant.; Lower pitcher of Nepenthes boschiana. Cultivated plant.
Conservation status
	Error creating thumbnail: File missing; Endangered (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Division:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Order:	Caryophyllales;
Family:	Nepenthaceae;
Genus:	Nepenthes;
Species:	N. boschiana;
Binomial name
	Nepenthes boschiana; Korth. (1839)
	Distribution of N. boschiana.; Distribution of N. boschiana.
Synonyms
	Nepenthes borneensis; J.H.Adam & Wilcock (1989); Nepenthes boschiana; auct. non Korth.: Becc. (1878); [=N. maxima]; Nepenthes boschiana; auct. non Korth.: Macf. (1908); [=N. boschiana/N. stenophylla]; Nepenthes boschiana; auct. non Korth.: Miq. (1860); [=N. boschiana/N. sumatrana]; Nepenthes maxima; auct. non Reinw. ex Nees: Becc. (1886); [=N. boschiana/N. maxima/N. stenophylla/N. sumatrana];

Nepenthes boschiana (after Johannes van den Bosch) is highland species of pitcher plant from Borneo. It is most closely related to N. faizaliana. N. borneensis is considered a synonym of this species.^[1]

N. boschiana has no known natural hybrids. No valid forms or varieties have been described.^[1]

B. H. Danser, in his 1928 monograph The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies, wrote the following:^[2]^[3]

Korthals states the natives who accompanied him on Mt. Sakoembang gathered the not yet opened pitchers, as the water which they contained was a medicament against inflammation of the eyes, whereas others cut the opened pitchers as playthings for their children. He describes the habitat as sterile, open and stony. The vernacular name 'daoen sompitan' is translated by him as blow-pipe-leaf; according to dictionaries this is right.

Original illustration of N. boschiana from 1839 by Pieter Willem Korthals.

Original illustration of N. boschiana from 1839 by Pieter Willem Korthals.

Infraspecific taxa

Nepenthes boschiana var. lowii Hook.f. (1873) [=N. stenophylla]
Nepenthes boschiana var. sumatrana Miq. (1858) [=N. sumatrana]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
↑ Danser, B.H. 1928. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3-4): 249-438.
↑ Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

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[Clarke-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

[2] Danser, B.H. 1928. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin de Jardin de Botanique, Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3-4): 249-438.

[3] Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.

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Nepenthes boschiana

Infraspecific taxa

References

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