Nepenthes benstonei

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Nepenthes benstonei

Description

Terrestrial climber up to 10 m tall. Leaves of the rosettes and short shoots broadly linear-lanceolate to slightly spathulate, sessile to sub-petiolate; Inflorescences usually 2 or 3 produced sequentially at the apex of the stem, separated by 1 or 2 very short internodes, the intervening leaves very short, broadly linear and not bearing pitchers.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present)
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia.

Ecology

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Notes

1 Nepenthes benstonei differs from N. sanguinea (q.v.) in its cylindrical (vs. angular) stem, the longer, narrower leaves which taper gradually to the base (vs. leaves broad and base parallel-sided) which is sub-petiolate, and the decurrent leaf bases (vs. abruptly amplexicaul), in the absence of bracts, the hairy (not glabrous) stems and in the lower altitudinal range. 2. The existence of this species was first suggested in . It is named in honour of Ben Stone, who dedicated his life to South-East Asian botany.