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|}} ''Nepenthes maxima'' (; from Latin: ''maximus'' "greatest"), the Great Pitcher-Plant,〔Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the genus ''Nepenthes''. It has a relatively wide distribution covering New Guinea, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands.〔 It may also be present on Wowoni Island.〔 Sunarti, S., A. Hidayat & Rugayah 2008. (Keanekaragaman tumbuhan di hutan Pegunungan Waworete, Kecamatan Wawonii Timur, Pulau Wawonii, Sulawesi Tenggara. ) (diversity at the mountain forest of Waworete, East Wawonii District, Wawonii Island, Southeast Sulawesi. ) ''Biodiversitas'' 9(3): 194–198. 〕 ''Nepenthes maxima'' belongs to the loosely defined "''N. maxima'' complex", which also includes, among other species, ''N. boschiana'', ''N. chaniana'', ''N. epiphytica'', ''N. eymae'', ''N. faizaliana'', ''N. fusca'', ''N. klossii'', ''N. platychila'', ''N. stenophylla'', and ''N. vogelii''.〔Robinson, A.S., J. Nerz & A. Wistuba 2011. ''Nepenthes epiphytica'', a new pitcher plant from East Kalimantan. In: McPherson, S.R. ''New Nepenthes: Volume One''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 36–51.〕 This species exhibits great variability across its range, particularly in the plasticity of its pitchers.〔 Marwinski, D. 2014. Eine Expedition nach West-Papua oder auf den Spuren von ''Nepenthes paniculata''. ''Das Taublatt'' 78: 11–44.〕 Plants growing in drier, somewhat seasonal parts of New Guinea generally produce elongated pitchers with narrow peristomes and well-developed waxy zones, while those inhabiting perhumid areas often have a reduced waxy zone and enlarged peristome. This is thought to be because the peristome, when fully wetted, is more effective at trapping prey than the waxy zone, but performs poorly in drier conditions.〔Clarke, C. 2013. (What Can Tree Shrews Tell Us about the Effects of Climate Change on Pitcher Plants? ) () TESS seminars, 25 September 2013.〕〔Moran, J.A., L.K. Gray, C. Clarke & L. Chin 2013. Capture mechanism in Palaeotropical pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) is constrained by climate. ''Annals of Botany'' 112(7): 1279–1291. 〕 Certain forms of ''N. maxima'' produce distinctly wavy laminar margins, a trait particularly common in plants from Sulawesi.〔〔() 2013. ''Nepenthes Growers Newsletter'' 2(2): 7–8. 〕 In extreme examples, even the decurrent wings of the leaf—which can extend down the entire length of the stem's internode—may be highly undulate.〔Bourke, G. 2010. ''Captive Exotics Newsletter'' 1(1): 9–10. 〕 Such rippled patterns result from increased cell growth near the edges of the leaf, which causes its thin, planar surface to buckle as it assumes the conformation with the lowest energy state.〔Sharon, E., M. Marder & H.L. Swinney 2004. (Leaves, flowers and garbage bags: making waves. ) ''American Scientist'' 92(3): 254–261.〕 ==Infraspecific taxa== *''Nepenthes maxima'' f. ''undulata'' Sh.Kurata, Atsumi & Y.Komatsu (1985) *''Nepenthes maxima'' var. ''glabrata'' Becc. ''in sched.'' ''nom.nud.'' *''Nepenthes maxima'' var. ''lowii'' (Hook.f.) Becc. (1886) (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Nepenthes stenophylla" TITLE="Nepenthes stenophylla">N. stenophylla'' ) *''Nepenthes maxima'' var. ''minor'' Macfarl. (1917) *''Nepenthes maxima'' var. ''sumatrana'' (Miq.) Becc. (1886) (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/Nepenthes sumatrana" TITLE="Nepenthes sumatrana">N. sumatrana'' ) *''Nepenthes maxima'' var. ''superba'' (Hort.Veitch ''ex'' Marshall) Veitch (1897) In 2009, a cultivar from Lake Poso in Sulawesi was named ''Nepenthes maxima'' ‘Lake Poso’.〔Evans, D.P. 2009. (New Cultivars: ''Nepenthes maxima'' ‘Lake Poso’ ). ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 38(1): 18–22.〕 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 maxima」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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