Accession Data:
Nepenthes albomarginata W.Lobb ex Lindl.
- Common Name: Tropical Pitcher Plant
- Family: Nepenthaceae Dumort.
- Country of Origin: Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
- Habitat: Liana in tropical scrub, on poor soils
- Description: Nepenthes albomarginata is a carnivorous pitcher plant that seems to specialize in trapping termites. Termites are lured to the edge of the pitchers by a ring of edible white hairs, and many termites fall in and are digested, providing the plant with nitrogen and other nutrients.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 202400080
- Source: donation from Patrick N.
- Accession Date: 09-24-2024
- Bench: 3116 - EVO: Propagation - Mist
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-29-2024
- Restrictions:
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Nepenthaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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