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|}} ''Nepenthes fusca'' , or the Dusky Pitcher-Plant,〔Phillipps, A. & A. Lamb 1996. ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It is found throughout a wide altitudinal range and is almost always epiphytic in nature, primarily growing in mossy forest. The specific epithet ''fusca'' is derived from the Latin word ''fuscus'', meaning "dark brown" or "dusky", and refers to the colour of the pitchers.〔〔 ==Botanical history== The first known collection of ''N. fusca'' was made by Frederik Endert on October 12, 1925, from Mount Kemul in East Kalimantan, at an elevation of 1500 m. It was discovered during an expedition to central Borneo by the Forest Research Institute of Bogor (then known as Buitenzorg),〔 on which Endert also made the only known collection of ''N. mollis''.〔 The ''N. fusca'' specimen, designated as ''Endert 3955'', includes male floral material and is deposited at Herbarium Bogoriense (BO), the herbarium of the Bogor Botanical Gardens.〔〔Schlauer, J. (''Nepenthes fusca'' ). Carnivorous Plant Database.〕 Endert wrote about this pitcher plant in a detailed 1927 account of the expedition,〔 although he misidentified it as ''N. veitchii''.〔〔 ''Nepenthes fusca'' was formally described in 1928 by Dutch botanist B. H. Danser in his seminal monograph "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies".〔 Danser based his description solely on ''Endert 3955'', citing no other specimens. He wrote of ''N. fusca'':〔 This new species is, together with ''N. Veitchii'' and ''N. stenophylla'', very nearly related to ''N. maxima'', but can not be confounded with any of these species. According to Endert it grew in the forest on a narrow, stony mountain ridge covered with humus, and was not rare. Botanist Jan Schlauer has noted differences between the type specimen of ''N. fusca'' and Sabah plants referred to this species,〔 even interpreting plants illustrated in Kurata's ''Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu'' as representing ''N. stenophylla'' (as distinct from ''N. fallax'').〔〔Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. ''The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15.〕 Matthew Jebb does not consider these differences significant enough to merit distinction at the species level. He suggests that the type specimen consists of intermediate lower and upper pitchers as opposed to true forms of either, making them appear atypical.〔 Much of this taxonomic uncertainty stems from the fact that ''N. fusca'' has not been recollected from the type locality and many similar plants have been lumped under this taxon.〔 Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek attempted to resolve this confusion in their 1997 monograph by interpreting ''N. fusca'' as a widespread and variable species.〔 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 fusca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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