2014/06/06 by Thomas Gronemeyer, Fulgent P. Coritico, Andreas Wistuba +5 · 9 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.3390/plants3020284
openalex publication_date 2014/06/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Together with the islands of Sumatra (Indonesia) and Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia), the Philippines are the main center of diversity for carnivorous pitcher plants of the genus, Nepenthes L. Nepenthes are the largest of all carnivorous plants, and the species with the biggest pitchers are capable of trapping and digesting small amphibians and even mammals. The central cordillera of Mindanao Island in the south of the Philippines is mostly covered with old, primary forest and is the largest remaining cohesive, untouched area of wilderness in the Philippines. In a recent field exploration of two areas of the central cordillera, namely Mount Sumagaya and a section of the Pantaron range, four new taxa of Nepenthes were discovered. These four remarkable new species, N. pantaronensis, N. cornuta, N. talaandig and N. amabilis, are described, illustrated and assessed.