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Accession Data:

Nepenthes copelandii Merr. ex Macfarl.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Nepenthaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines

  • Description: Tropical pitcher plant showing distinct anisophylly: lower pitchers are cylindrical and dark green flecked red, while upper pitchers are pale and funnel-shaped.

    Species is endemic to island of Mindanao, Phillipines though is similar in appearance to N. alata. Two populations are known - Mt Apo (this accession) and Mt. Pasian.

  • Culture: Highland species
  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800008
  • Source: Tony Paroubek, via Ken Sicard (NECPS)
  • Provenance:
    Mt. Apo, Island of Mindanao, Philippines
  • Accession Date: 02-05-2008
  • Bench: 3116 - EVO: Propagation - Mist
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-22-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Nepenthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Carnivorous Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 May 2015.

data regenerated on Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:42:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Nepenthaceae

  • Nepenthes alata
  • Nepenthes albomarginata
  • Nepenthes copelandii W/C
  • Nepenthes maxima
  • Nepenthes mirabilis W/C
  • Nepenthes sanguinea
  • Nepenthes truncata
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