Nepenthes maxima

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Nepenthes maxima
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes maxima from Sulawesi (~400 m asl)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Nepenthaceae Genus: Nepenthes Species: N. maxima
Binomial name
Nepenthes maxima Reinw. ex Nees (1824)
Synonyms
Nepenthes boschiana auct. non Korth.: Becc. (1878) Nepenthes celebica Hook.f. (1873) Nepenthes curtisii Mast. (1887) Nepenthes curtisii hybrida Witte (1897) Nepenthes curtisii var. superba Hort.Veitch ex Marshall (1889) Nepenthes maxima auct. non Reinw. ex Nees: Becc. (1886) [=N. boschiana/N. fallax/N. maxima/N. sumatrana] Nepenthes maxima auct. non Reinw. ex Nees: Cheers (1992) [=N. northiana × N. maxima] N. maxima × N. albomarginata Hort.Bednar (1987) Nepenthes oblanceolata Ridl. (1916) Nepenthes spectabilis auct. non Danser: Hort. ex Hort.Bednar (1987)

Nepenthes maxima (pronounced /nəˈpɛnθiːz ˈmæksɪmə/, from Latin: maximus = greatest, very large), or the Great Pitcher-Plant,^[1] is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes. It has a relatively wide distribution covering Sulawesi, New Guinea, and the Maluku Islands. It is closely related to N. eymae.

N. maxima exhibits extraordinary variability across its range, as evident in this selection of upper pitchers produced by plants from (left to right, top to bottom) Sulawesi at 400 m, Sulawesi at 700 m, New Guinea at 1500 m, New Guinea at 1600 m, New Guinea at 1700 m (two pitchers), New Guinea at 2300 m, and New Guinea at 2600 m.

[edit] Infraspecific taxa

• Nepenthes maxima f. undulata Sh.Kurata (1985)
• Nepenthes maxima var. glabrata Becc. in sched. nom.nud.
• Nepenthes maxima var. lowii (Hook.f.) Becc. (1886) [=N. fallax]
• Nepenthes maxima var. minor Macf. (1917)
• Nepenthes maxima var. sumatrana (Miq.) Becc. (1886) [=N. sumatrana]
• Nepenthes maxima var. superba (Hort.Veitch ex Marshall) Veitch (1897)

[edit] Natural hybrids

• ? N. glabrata × N. maxima
• N. klossii × N. maxima
• N. maxima × N. neoguineensis

? N. glabrata × N. maxima

N. klossii × N. maxima

N. maxima × N. neoguineensis

[edit] References

• Clarke et al (2000). Nepenthes maxima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.

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