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Nepenthes zygon

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Species of pitcher plant from the Philippines

Nepenthes zygon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. zygon
Binomial name
*Nepenthes zygon* Jebb & Cheek (2014)

Nepenthes zygon is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. The type specimen originates from a plant cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, grown from seed collected in 1997 by Robert Cantley on Mount Pasian, Mindanao.

References

^ Cheek, M. & Jebb, M. (2014). "Expansion of the Nepenthes alata group (Nepenthaceae), Philippines, and descriptions of three new species". Blumea. 59 (2): 144–154. doi:10.3767/000651914X685861.
Smith, L. 2014. Nepenthes zygon: New exotic carnivorous plant discovered... at Kew Gardens. The Independent, 25 November 2014.
Nepenthes zygon Jebb & Cheek. International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Further reading

Rowson, D. 2015. Caught in a trap. The Biologist 62(2): 12–14.

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Nepenthes (list)

Species

Incompletely diagnosed taxa: N. sp. Anipahan; N. sp. Misool

Possible extinct species: N. echinatus; N. echinosporus; N. major

Natural hybrids

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Taxon identifiers
Nepenthes zygon	Wikidata: Q19598136 CoL: 7XGRP GBIF: 10770198 iNaturalist: 1078752 IPNI: 77143286-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77143286-1 WFO: wfo-0001302656

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