Nepenthes villosa
Description
Terrestrial shrub, not known to climb, 0.6(-1.5) m tall.
Leaves coriaceous, petiolate;
Fruit not seen.
Seed not seen.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present), Mt Kinabalu present, Mt Tambuyukon present
Borneo: Sabah (Mt Kinabalu and Mt Tambuyukon).
Taxonomy
2. Nepenthes edwardsiana and N. villosa were united by . Macfarlane reinstated them in .
1 Nepenthes villosa is closely related and sometimes confused with N. edwardsiana (which also occurs on Mt Kinabalu) and N. macrophylla. It overlaps slightly in altitudinal range with N. edwardsiana but is found in a different habitat (). Nepenthes edwardsiana is easily distinguished by its more elongated, less hairy pitchers which are slightly constricted about the middle. Intermediate taxa can be ascribed to the hybrid N.harryana Burb. Nepenthes villosa differs from both N. edwardsiana and N. macrophylla in its emarginate leaf blade, long villose tendril, and in its ellipsoid, villose pitcher which lacks any narrowing at its middle. The recently described N. mira of Palawan also seems to be a part of the N. villosa group. See key to the species of this group under N. mira.
Citation
Beck 1895 – In: Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung: 183
Danser 1928 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: 396
Sh. Kurata 1976: Nepenthes of Mt Kinabalu, Sabah: 73: t. 25 & 26
Jebb & Cheek 1997 – In: Blumea: 91
Phillipps & A.L. Lamb 1996: Pitcher Plants of Borneo: 149: f. 79
J.H. Adam & Wilcock: p. 159. – In: Sarawak Mus. J.: f. XXIIId.
Clarke 1997: Nepenthes of Borneo: 135: f. 93 & 94