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''Nepenthes macrophylla'' , the Large-Leaved Pitcher-Plant,〔Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 is a tropical pitcher plant known only from a very restrictive elevation on Mount Trusmadi in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. The specific epithet ''macrophylla'' is formed from the Latin words ''macro'' (large) and ''phylla'' (leaves). ''Nepenthes macrophylla'' was once thought to be a subspecies of ', but differs from that species in several aspects of pitcher and leaf morphology.〔Clarke, C.M. 1997. ''Nepenthes of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 ==Botanical history== ''Nepenthes macrophylla'' was known to grow on Mount Trusmadi for a long time prior to its description, although it was not initially considered a distinct species. Shortly after its discovery, it was lumped with ', a similar species from Kinabalu National Park. In his 1976 guide, ''Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu'', botanist Shigeo Kurata wrote:〔Kurata, S. 1976. ''Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu''. Sabah National Parks Publications No. 2, Sabah National Parks Trustees, Kota Kinabalu.〕 Mt. Trus Madi, located in the south of Mt. Kinabalu, become known as a locality for this species (). Though this information is not confirmed yet, its existence is expected because this mountain falls within the vertical distribution of this species. Later, ''N. macrophylla'' was treated as a form of ', another closely related species.〔Marabini, J. 1984. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 13(2): 38–40. 〕〔Phillipps, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. ''Pitcher Plants of Borneo''. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 An early collection of ''N. macrophylla'' was made by Johannes Marabini in March 1983 and the herbarium material, designated as ''Marabini 2167'',〔Schlauer, J. N.d. (''Nepenthes macrophylla'' ). Carnivorous Plant Database.〕 deposited at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany.〔 Four years later, Marabini formally described the taxon as a subspecies of ''N. edwardsiana''.〔 In their 1996 monograph, ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo'', Anthea Phillipps and Anthony Lamb treated ''N. macrophylla'' as a species in the process of being described, referring to it as "''Nepenthes macrophylla'' (Marabini) Jebb & Cheek ined.".〔 Botanists Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek had intended to elevate ''N. macrophylla'' to species status since at least 1994〔Jebb, M. 1994. (NEPENTHES revision for Flora Malesiana ). Carnivorous Plant Mailing List, September 9, 1994.〕 and did so upon the publication of their 1997 monograph "A skeletal revision of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae)" in the botanical journal ''Blumea''.〔 This interpretation was supported by Charles Clarke, who noted that ''N. edwardsiana'' and ''N. villosa'' "have more in common with each other than do ''N. edwardsiana'' and ''N. macrophylla''".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nepenthes macrophylla」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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