Nepenthes pervillei
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Nepenthes pervillei | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Upper pitcher of Nepenthes pervillei
|
||||||||||||||
| Conservation status | ||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Nepenthes pervillei Blume (1852) |
||||||||||||||
| Synonyms | ||||||||||||||
|
Nepenthes pervillei (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz pɚˈvɪliːaɪ/, after Perville, French plant collector) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Seychelles, specifically the islands of Mahé and Silhouette. It grows in rocky areas near granitic mountain summits at elevations of between 350 and 500 m above sea level.[1]
The species was originally described as Nepenthes pervillei in 1852, but was later placed in the monotypic genus Anurosperma as Anurosperma pervillei, based on the morphology of its seeds, which differ from the closely allied N. madagascariensis (and the other members of Nepenthes) in that they lack the 'tails' characteristic of the rest of the genus. However, the more recent taxonomic database of Jan Schlauer subsumes Anurosperma back into Nepenthes.[2]
The mite Creutzeria seychellensis has been recorded from the pitchers of N. pervillei.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ Clarke et al. (2000). Nepenthes pervillei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3).
- ^ Carnivorous Plant Database: Nepenthes pervillei
- ^ Nesbitt, H.H.J. 1979. A new anoetid (Acari) of the genus Creutzeria from the Seychelles. Canadian Entomologist 111: 1201–1205.
- ^ Fashing, N.J. 2002. Nepenthacarus, a new genus of Histiostomatidae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce in Far North Queensland, Australia.PDF (1.64 MiB) Australian Journal of Entomology 41(1): 7–17. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2002.00263.x
Miscellaneous: Nepenthes taxonomy • Nepenthes infauna
 |
This Nepenthes article is a stub. Please help Wikipedia grow by expanding it. |
