Summary
Nepenthes ramos is a tropical pitcher plant native to the northeastern Mindanao, Philippines.[1] It is known from only a handful of herbarium specimens collected in 1919 at an elevation of 670 m above sea level. It likely grows in the forest on ultramafic soils.[1]
| Nepenthes ramos | |
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| Scrambling plant (top) and upper pitcher from Mount Hibok-Hibok, Camiguin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae |
| Genus: | Nepenthes |
| Species: | N. ramos
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| Binomial name | |
| Nepenthes ramos | |
| Synonyms[3][4] | |
Nepenthes ramos belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes N. alata, N. ceciliae, N. copelandii, N. extincta, N. graciliflora, N. hamiguitanensis, N. kitanglad, N. kurata, N. leyte, N. mindanaoensis, N. negros, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra.[3][5][1][6] These species are united by a number of morphological characters, including winged petioles, lids with basal ridges on the lower surface (often elaborated into appendages), and upper pitchers that are usually broadest near the base.[3][5]
The specific epithet ramos honours Philippine botanical collector Maximo Ramos, who collected the type material with J. Pascasio.[1]
Plants matching the description of N. ramos have been observed in the Mindanao provinces of Bukidnon, Davao Oriental, and Surigao, and on an "isolated mountain" on an undisclosed island around 120 km from the type locality.[7][8] These discoveries suggest that N. ramos might be the most common member of the "N. alata group" on the island of Mindanao.[7]
Nepenthes kurata edit
Nepenthes kurata was described in 2013 as a species known only from Mount Malindang in Misamis Occidental Province, Mindanao, where it was recorded at c. 1400 m altitude. This would make it one of the most westerly known Nepenthes species in Mindanao.[3] (In 1995 N. mirabilis was found near Polanco, further to the west.[citation needed]) This taxon was previously described as a variety of N. alata—N. alata var. ecristata—in John Muirhead Macfarlane's 1908 monograph, "Nepenthaceae".[3][2]
The specific epithet kurata honours botanist Shigeo Kurata, best known for his 1976 book, Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu.[3]
Nepenthes kurata was formally synonymised with N. ramos in 2016.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Cheek, M. & M. Jebb (2013). Nepenthes ramos (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Willdenowia 43(1): 107–111. doi:10.3372/wi.43.43112
- ^ a b Macfarlane, J.M. (1908). Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cheek, M. & M. Jebb (2013). Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1–23. doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.69
- ^ a b c Gronemeyer, T., W. Suarez, H. Nuytemans, M. Calaramo, A. Wistuba, F.S. Mey & V.B. Amoroso (2016). Two new Nepenthes species from the Philippines and an emended description of Nepenthes ramos. Plants 5(2): 23. doi:10.3390/plants5020023
- ^ a b Cheek, M. & M. Jebb (2013). Typification and redelimitation of Nepenthes alata with notes on the N. alata group, and N. negros sp. nov. from the Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(5): 616–622. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x
- ^ Cheek, M. & M. Jebb (2013). Nepenthes ultra (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Blumea, published online on October 24, 2013. doi:10.3767/000651913X675124
- ^ a b Gronemeyer, T. (2015). Nepenthes ramos located in the field. Carnivorous Plants in the tropics, 5 January 2015.
- ^ (in German) Gronemeyer, T. (2014). Nepenthes ramos am Naturstandort. G.F.P. Forum, November 29, 2014.
- Mey, F.S. (2013). Nepenthes alzapan and an army of new species from the Philippines. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, July 15, 2013.
- (in German) Micheler, M., T. Gronemeyer, A. Wistuba, D. Marwinski, W. Suarez & V. Amoroso (2013). Nepenthes viridis, eine neue Nepenthes-Art von der Insel Dinagat, Philippinen. Das Taublatt 76: 4–21.
- Smith, L. (2014). Pitcher perfect - but carnivorous plants are at risk. The Independent, January 5, 2014.