Nepenthes kampotiana

Nepenthes kampotiana
A lower pitcher of N. kampotiana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. kampotiana
Binomial name
Nepenthes kampotiana Lecomte (1909)
Synonyms
Synonyms Nepenthes geoffrayi Lecomte (1909) Heterochresonyms Nepenthes kampotiana auct. non Lecomte: Hort. ex Hort.Bot.Berlin in sched. (1996) [=N. mirabilis][2]

Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant native to southern Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and at least southern coastal Vietnam.[3][4] It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m above sea level.[5] The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.[3]

This species is closely related to N. chang.[6] Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.[3]

In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats N. kampotiana as a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.[2]

Natural hybrids

• N. bokorensis × N. kampotiana[7]
• N. kampotiana × N. mirabilis[8]

References

1. Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes kampotiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T48973548A143970556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T48973548A143970556.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Schlauer, J. N.d. Nepenthes kampotiana. Carnivorous Plant Database.
3. McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
4. Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the Nepenthes species of Vietnam. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 45(3): 93–101.
5. McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
6. Catalano, M. 2010. "Nepenthes chang M. Catal. sp. nov" (PDF). In: Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague. p. 38.
7. Mey, F.S. 2016. The beautiful Nepenthes kampotiana x bokorensis. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 5 October 2016.
8. (in Italian) Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague.

Further reading

• Mey, F.S. 2010. "Introduction to the pitcher plants (Nepenthes) of Cambodia" (PDF). Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2010(2): 106–117.
• Mey, F.S. 2011. Utricularia delphinioides. Again!. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, September 30, 2011.
• Mey, F.S. 2011. Introducing Nepenthes kampotiana. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, October 22, 2011.
• Mey, F.S. 2014. 'Nepenthes of Indochina', my 2010 ICPS lecture now on Youtube. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 3, 2014.
• Mey, F.S. 2014. Hydnophytum formicarum habitat in Cambodia. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 26, 2014.
• Cambodian scrubland taxa incl. Utricularia delphinioides. CPUK Forum, August 15, 2011.

External links

• Nepenthes of Indochina