Nepenthes_vieillardii

<i>Nepenthes vieillardii</i>

Nepenthes vieillardii

Species of pitcher plant from Polynesia


Nepenthes vieillardii (/nɪˈpɛnθz ˌvɛˈlɑːrdi/; after Eugène Vieillard, collector of plants from New Caledonia and Tahiti between 1861 and 1867) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to the island of New Caledonia. Its distribution is the most easterly of any Nepenthes species. Its natural habitat is shrublands or forests, to about 900 metres (3,000 ft) altitude.[1]

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Tripteroides caledonicus mosquitoes breed in the pitchers of this species.[5]

Infraspecific taxa

  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. deplanchei Dub. (1906)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. humilis (Moore) Guilliaum. (1964)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. minima Guillaum. (1953)
  • Nepenthes vieillardii var. montrouzieri (Dub.) Macfarl. (1908)[6]

References

  1. Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Nepenthes vieillardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T39711A143966417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T39711A143966417.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. (in Latin) Hooker, J.D. 1873. Ordo CLXXV bis. Nepenthaceæ. In: A. de Candolle Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 17: 90–105.
  3. Danser, B.H. 1928. 50. Nepenthes Vieillardii HOOK. F.. In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
  4. Jebb, M.H.P. 1991. An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 17(1): 7–54.
  5. Iyengar, M.O.T. 1969. "Eggs of two species of Tripteroides Giles from New Caledonia (Diptera: Culicidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-09. Australian Journal of Entomology 8(2): 214–216. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00761.x
  6. Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.

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