Nepenthes hispida

(Nepenthes hispida)

Description

Nepenthes hispida (; from Latin: hispidus "bristly") is a tropical pitcher plant species native to Borneo. It grows at elevations of 100 to 800 m in kerangas forest. It is known with certainty only from Lambir Hills National Park and surrounding areas. Nepenthes hispida is listed as Conservation Dependent on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In the wild, N. hispida is only known to hybridise with N. reinwardtiana.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Nepenthaceae
Genus:Nepenthes
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