Nepenthes maximoides

Nepenthes maximoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. maximoides
Binomial name
	Nepenthes maximoides; King and Cheek [1]

Nepenthes maximoides is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Luzon, Philippines bringing the total number of Nepenthes species in this island to eight, with all but one is endemic. Nepenthes maximoides closely resembled N. maxima in its large, spectacular and narrowly funnel-shaped upper pitchers, and the lids have a recurved basal and filiform appendages not seen in any other Philippine species.[1]

References

King, Charles; Cheek, Martin (2020-09-11). "Nepenthes maximoides (Nepenthaceae) a new, critically endangered (possibly extinct) species in Sect. Alatae from Luzon, Philippines showing striking pitcher convergence with N. maxima (Sect. Regiae) of Indonesia". PeerJ. 8: e9899. doi:10.7717/peerj.9899. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7489237. PMID 32974102. S2CID 221858198.

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[peerj-1] King, Charles; Cheek, Martin (2020-09-11). "Nepenthes maximoides (Nepenthaceae) a new, critically endangered (possibly extinct) species in Sect. Alatae from Luzon, Philippines showing striking pitcher convergence with N. maxima (Sect. Regiae) of Indonesia". PeerJ. 8: e9899. doi:10.7717/peerj.9899. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7489237. PMID 32974102. S2CID 221858198.