Nepenthes

Nepenthes
A rosette plant o N. peltata growin on Munt Hamiguitan, Mindanao, the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Faimily:	Nepenthaceae Dumort. (1829)
Genus:	Nepenthes L. (1753)
Species
See below or separate leet.
Diversity
138+ species[1]
Synonyms
Anurosperma Hallier f. (1921) Bandura Adans. (1763) Phyllamphora Lour. (1790)

Nepenthes (/nᵻˈpɛnθiːz/), popularly kent as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, is a genus o carnivorous plants in the monotypic faimily Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 140 species, an numerous naitural an mony cultivatit hybrids. Thay are maistly liana-fairmin plants o the Auld Warld tropics, rangin frae Sooth Cheenae, Indonesie, Malaysie an the Philippines; wastward tae Madagascar (twa species) an the Seychelles (ane); soothward tae Australie (three) an New Caledon (ane); an northward tae Indie (ane) an Sri Lanka (ane). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo an Sumatra, wi mony endemic species. Mony are plants o het, humid, lawland aureas, but the majority are tropical montane plants, receivin warm days but cuil tae cauld, humid nichts year roond. A few are considered tropical alpine, wi cuil days an nichts near freezin. The name "monkey cups" refers tae the fact that monkeys hae been observed drinkin rainwatter frae these plants.

Freemit airtins

• Nepenthes - the Monkey Cups Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine frae the Botanical Society o Americae
• Photographs of Nepenthes in thair naitural habitats bi Joachim Nerz
• Nepenthes photographs at the Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder
• A video aboot Nepenthes frae The Private Life o Plants
• The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Nepenthes bi Barry Rice
• Evolution -- Nepenthes Phylogeny frae the Internaitional Carnivorous Plant Society
• Inner Warld o Nepenthes frae the John Innes Centre Archived 2020-04-23 at the Wayback Machine