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''Nepenthes hurrelliana'' is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo, where it has been recorded from northern Sarawak, southwestern Sabah, and Brunei. It is of putative hybrid origin; its two original parent species are thought to be ''N. fusca'' and ''N. veitchii''. A thick indumentum of rusty-brown hairs covers the entire plant, a characteristic presumably inherited from the latter. ==Botanical history== ''Nepenthes hurrelliana'' was known to botanists for some time prior to its description, although authors differed as to its identity, with most treating it as either a form of ''N. veitchii'', a form of ''N. maxima'', or a natural hybrid.〔 In 1988, Anthea Phillipps and Anthony Lamb published an illustration of a ''N. hurrelliana'' specimen from Mount Murud under the name "''N. veitchii'' × ''N. fusca''".〔 However, in their 1996 monograph, ''Pitcher-Plants of Borneo'', the authors treated it as an undescribed species, "''Nepenthes'' sp.".〔 The taxon was also listed as an undescribed species, "''Nepenthes'' sp. B", in Charles Clarke's ''Nepenthes of Borneo'' (1997)〔 and Hugo Steiner's ''Borneo: Its Mountains and Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants'' (2002).〔 In "''Nepenthes'' of Gunung Murud", an article published in a 1996 issue of the ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', John De Witte describes a hybrid "most probably between ''N. veitchii'' and ''N. stenophylla'' or ''N. fusca''",〔De Witte, J. 1996. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 25(2): 41–45.〕 which likely represents this species. In 1999, Bruce Salmon proposed that this taxon might be conspecific with the enigmatic ''N. mollis'', of which only a single pitcherless specimen is known.〔 This interpretation was not followed by Martin Cheek and Anthony Lamb, who formally described ''N. hurrelliana'' in 2003.〔 The type specimen, ''A.Lamb & Surat 145/99'', was collected on Mount Lumarku in Sabah and is deposited at the herbarium of the Forest Department, Sandakan (SAN).〔Schlauer, J. N.d. (''Nepenthes hurrelliana'' ). Carnivorous Plant Database.〕 ''Nepenthes hurrelliana'' is named after Andrew Hurrell, who studied the plant on Mount Murud in 1995〔Phillipps, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. ''Pitcher Plants of Borneo''. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 and whose field observations showed that it grew in self-sustaining populations independent of its putative parent species and could thus be considered a distinct species.〔Clarke, C.M. & C.C. Lee 2004. ''Pitcher Plants of Sarawak''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.〕 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 hurrelliana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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