Ecology
Nepenthes thorelii is known with certainty only from Vietnam, where the type specimen was collected.
Nepenthes thorelii occurs in seasonally dry savannah grassland from sea level to an elevation of 200 m. During the dry season it is believed to survive as a dormant rootstock while bushfires burn any above-ground vegetation. New shoots are produced annually with the advent of the wet season.
Since the extent of its natural range is uncertain, N. thorelii is listed as Data Deficient on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species based on an assessment carried out in 2000.
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