Nepenthes section Regiae Danser
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https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X693509 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE57F332-FFBA-FFC7-8D2D-A4FBB5A58651 |
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Felipe |
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Nepenthes section Regiae Danser |
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Nepenthes section Regiae Danser
The presence of both a basal and apical appendage on the lower surface of the lids of the upper pitchers of N. minima , together with the U-shaped petioles (in transverse section), clearly indicates placement in sect. Regiae . This section occurs in Borneo, throughout Wallacea and on the island of New Guinea. The section was lectotypified and redelimited in Cheek & Jebb (2016b).
Nepenthes maxima View in CoL has the largest range of any species of sect. Regiae . Absent from Borneo, it occurs from Sulawesi to New Guinea. In Sulawesi, which includes the type locality of N. maxima View in CoL , the species is morphologically rather uniform, while in New Guinea it is by contrast rather variable ( Jebb 1991) and after further studies it may be necessary to resurrect some of the names synonymised under N. maxima View in CoL by Danser (1928), such as N. oblanceolata Ridl. View in CoL or N. maxima var. minor View in CoL . Despite this variability no entity has been found that matches N. minima View in CoL . This paper forms part of studies towards a World Monograph of Nepenthes View in CoL L. building on a Skeletal Revision of Nepenthes ( Jebb & Cheek 1997) View in CoL and the Flora Malesiana account ( Cheek & Jebb 2001).
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