Nepenthes mollis
Tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nepenthes mollis (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈmɒlɪs/; from Latin: mollis = soft; referring to the covering of hairs),[2] or the velvet pitcher-plant,[2] is a tropical pitcher plant species natives to Kalimantan, Borneo. It used to be known only from a single dried herbarium specimen[3] and is the sole recognised species in the genus Nepenthes of which the pitchers are unknown. In 2019 Global Wildlife Conservation announced the rediscovery of the species.[4]
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: to reflect rediscovery of N. mollis and synonymisation of N. hurrelliana.. (October 2019) |
Nepenthes mollis | |
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Figure 14 of "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies", showing the holotype of Nepenthes mollis (Endert 4282). | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nepenthaceae |
Genus: | Nepenthes |
Species: | N. mollis |
Binomial name | |
Nepenthes mollis Danser (1928) | |
The habitat of N. mollis is listed as dense forest on a steep slope at an elevation of 1,800 m.[5] The species is only known from Mount Kemul, the type locality, although a wider distribution is possible, as several higher neighbouring mountains remain unexplored.[6] Charles Clarke suggests that it may occur in mossy forest.[6]
Nepenthes mollis has no known natural hybrids.[7] No infraspecific taxa of this species have been described.[7] Nepenthes mollis has no nomenclatural or taxonomic synonyms.[7] Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]