Nepenthes ephippiata

Synonymy

Nepenthes ephippiata Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 9: 286, f. 5; 426, f. 36. 1928 sec. Cheek & Jebb 2001

Lectotype (designated by Jebb, M. H. P. & Cheek, M. R. 1997: 381): Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, Bt. Batoe Lesoeng, 28 Jan 1899, Amdjah 497 (BO: sh. 1711-60)
Isolectotype: Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, Bt. Batoe Lesoeng, 28 Jan 1899, Amdjah 497 (BO: sh. 1711-61)

1. Jebb, M. H. P. & Cheek, M. R. 1997: A skeletal revision of Nepenthes. – Blumea 42(1): 1-106

Content

Other sources

Phillipps, A. & Lamb, A.L. 1996: Pitcher Plants of Borneo: 85, f. 47

Clarke, C. M. 1997: Nepenthes of Borneo. – Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications: 83, f. 54 & 55

Jebb, M. H. P. & Cheek, M. R. 1997: A skeletal revision of Nepenthes. – Blumea 42(1): 1-106: 38

Description

As N. lowii but differing as follows: Leaves of climbing stems with petiole base de-current as two prominent, recurved ridges that unite above the node below. Longitudinal nerves entirely absent, rarely 1. Pennate nerves oblique, branching 1 or 2 times before reaching edge of leaf, conspicuous. Upper pitchers only very slightly constricted at midpoint; the peristome more pronounced; the lid relatively broader and larger than N. lowii, lower surface with numerous stout spike-like processes 2-3 by 1 mm towards the base, nectar glands volcano-like, 1 mm wide with a narrow central opening < 0.1 mm wide, these glands more numerous toward the lid margin, where the processes are absent.A

Notes

The drawing of N. ephippiata in Danser Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III 9 (1928) 427, f. 36 is not accurate. In N. ephippiata the lid bristles are less numerous, more concentrated towards the base of the lid and are both shorter and stouter than those shown. Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III 9 (1928) 426 seems not to have fully appreciated how similar this species was to N. lowii. Both N. ephippiata and N. lowii have more or less cylindrical lower pitchers with a well-developed peristome: it is only the upper pitchers that are so bizarrely formed. The saddle-like decurrent petiole-bases, from which N. ephippiata derived its name, are similar to those of some N. northiana collections.
Nepenthes ephippiata appears to replace N. lowii in the central mountains of Kalimantan, the latter being abundant in parts of Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah.A

Distribution (General)

Borneo: C Kalimantan (Bukit Raya, Bukit Lesong).A

Habitat

Forest, substrate unknown; 1000-1900 m.A

Bibliography

A. Cheek, M. R. & Jebb, M. H. P. 2001: Flora Malesiana - Nepenthaceae, Series I, Volume 15. – Leiden: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden branch

Specimens

	Country	Date	Collector + collecting number	Herbaria	Type	Scan	Derivatives
	Indonesia	1899-01-28	Amdjah 497	BO(2)
	Citation: Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, Bt. Batoe Lesoeng, 28 Jan 1899, Amdjah 497 (BO sh. 1711-60, BO sh. 1711-61) Specimen summary: BO sh. 1711-60 Lectotype of Nepenthes ephippiata Danser Specimen summary: BO sh. 1711-61 Isolectotype of Nepenthes ephippiata Danser