Kantong Semar (Nepenthes L.)

Nepnthes L.

Kantong Semar (Nepnthes L.)

Picture taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N.alisaputrana_huge_LP.jpg

Kantong semar is a unique plants, that has pockets , this plant is very rare because it only grows in areas containing little nitrogen. One of Pitcher plants found in the forest at Tangkuban Perahu, West Java Indonesia. Kantong Semar or Nepenthes, popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, is a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 150 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mostly liana-forming plants of the Old World tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar (two species) and the Seychelles (one); southward to Australia (three) and New Caledonia (one); and northward to India (one) and Sri Lanka (one). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, with many endemic species. Many are plants of hot, humid, lowland areas, but the majority are tropical montane plants, receiving warm days but cool to cold, humid nights year round. A few are considered tropical alpine, with cool days and nights near freezing. The name "monkey cups" refers to the fact that monkeys have been observed drinking rainwater from these plants.

 

Nepenthes peltata.

A rosette plant of N. peltata growing on Mount Hamiguitan, Mindanao, Philippines

The scientific classification of Nepenthes
Kingdom:     Plantae
(unranked):     Angiosperms
(unranked):     Eudicots
(unranked):     Core eudicots
Order:     Caryophyllales
Family:     Nepenthaceae
Dumort.
Genus:     Nepenthes L.
Species :  See below or separate list.
Diversity: 150+ species
Synonyms:
  Anurosperma Hallier f.
  Bandura Adans.
  Phyllamphora Lour.

Sources by : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes


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