Nepenthes zygon

Nepenthes zygon is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. The type specimen originates from a plant cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, grown from seed collected in 1997 by Robert Cantley on Mount Pasian, Mindanao.[1][2][3]

Nepenthes zygon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species:
N. zygon
Binomial name
Nepenthes zygon
Jebb & Cheek (2014)[1]

References

  1. Cheek, M. & Jebb, M. (2014). "Expansion of the Nepenthes alata group (Nepenthaceae), Philippines, and descriptions of three new species". Blumea. 59 (2): 144–154. doi:10.3767/000651914X685861.
  2. Smith, L. 2014. Nepenthes zygon: New exotic carnivorous plant discovered... at Kew Gardens. The Independent, 25 November 2014.
  3. Nepenthes zygon Jebb & Cheek. International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

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