Nepenthes Papuana - Notes

Notes

a.^ Von Römer 454 and Von Römer 900 were collected on October 7, 1909, on a hill below 750 m in the northern part of the Noordrivier, Netherlands New Guinea. Both are deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens (formerly the Herbarium of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens) in Java. Neither specimen includes flowers or fruits.

b.^ This specimen was collected as part of the Wollaston Expedition on January 5, 1913, in camp VIa at 920 m altitude, in the "southwestern part" of Netherlands New Guinea. It is deposited at the herbarium of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and does not consist of flowers or fruits.

c.^ These four specimens were collected in September, 1926, in the "border of affluent C of the Rouffaerrivier". Docters van Leeuwen 10258 and Docters van Leeuwen 10282 were collected at an elevation of 250 m and do not consist of flowers or fruits. Docters van Leeuwen 10340 and Docters van Leeuwen 10341 were taken from 300 m altitude and include male and female floral material, respectively. All four specimens are deposited at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

d.^ The original Latin description of N. papuana reads:

Folia mediocria subpetiolata, lamina lanceolata, nervis longitudinalibus utrinque 4-6, basi valde attenuata, semiamplexicauli ; ascidia rosularum parva, parte inferiore oblique ovata, os versus sensim attenuata, alis 2 fimbriatis ; peristomio operculum versus acuto, applanato, 1-2 mm lato, costis c. 1/2 mm distantibus, dentibus 1-2 x longioribus quam latis ; operculo orbiculari facie inferiore plano ; ascidia inferiora ut rosularum sed margis elongata ; ascidia superiora parte c. 1/3 inferiore paulum ventricosa, os versus cylindrica v. primum paulum angustata os versus infundibuliformia, alis 2 fimbriatis v. efimbriatis v. costis 2 prominentibus ; peristomio operculum versus acuto, applanato, 1-2 mm lato, costis c. 1/2 mm distantibus, dentibus 1-2 x longioribus quam latis ; operculo suborbiculari subcordato, facie inferiore plano ; inflorescentia racemus pedicellis inferioribus 10-12 mm longis 1-floris v. 2-floris, superioribus brevioribus 1-floris ; indumentum breve ferrugineum tomentosum, in partibus vegetativis parcissimum, in costa et margine foliorum tantum distinctum, in inflorescentiis subdensum permanens.