Nepenthes glabrata
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Description
Terrestrial climber to 2-3 m tall.
Leaves chartaceous, sessile;
Fruit unknown.
Seed unknown.
Notes
1 The affinities of N. glabrata are unclear, but appear to be with N. muluensis of Sarawak (and thus the N. tentaculata group, since Clarke in has revealed the tentaculate nature of the lower pitchers of N. muluensis). Both species share an unusual lid nervation pattern and have upper pitchers of similar size, shape, and coloration. The coloration of this species, with its red-streaked pitcher, is distinctive. Turnbull & Middleton in their protologue to this species (see above) describe a number of features not apparent from the scant material available to us: young plants are said to have extremely narrow leaves with small globose pitchers, and rosette leaves of mature plants are said to have greatly reduced or even an absence of a blade.
2. Turnbull & Middleton’s material, including types of N. glabrata, was not found at Bogor in 1995 or 1996, and may never have been distributed. Kurata’s N. rubromaculata is a later homonym of a horticultural hybrid described in 1891. The type repository is not stated, but is presumably the herbarium of the Nippon Dental College. The holotype is illustrated in the original publication on page 44.