C. C. Wilcock
Encyclopedia
Christopher C. Wilcock is a taxonomist specialising in the carnivorous pitcher plant
genus
Nepenthes
.
Together with J. H. Adam
, Wilcock has described several Nepenthes taxa
, including the species N. faizaliana
and N. mapuluensis
, as well as the natural hybrids N. × alisaputrana and N. × sarawakiensis
.
Pitcher plant
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection pressure favouring more deeply cupped leaves over...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Nepenthes
Nepenthes
The Nepenthes , popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus comprises roughly 130 species, numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids...
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Together with J. H. Adam
J. H. Adam
Jumaat Haji Adam is a botanist and taxonomist specialising in the carnivorous pitcher plant genus Nepenthes.Adam has described numerous Nepenthes taxa, mostly with C. C. Wilcock, including the species N. faizaliana and N. mapuluensis, as well as the natural hybrids N. × alisaputrana, N. ×...
, Wilcock has described several Nepenthes taxa
Taxon
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, including the species N. faizaliana
Nepenthes faizaliana
Nepenthes faizaliana is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the limestone cliffs of Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, Borneo. It is thought to be most closely related to N. boschiana.-Botanical history:...
and N. mapuluensis
Nepenthes mapuluensis
Nepenthes mapuluensis , the Mapulu Pitcher-Plant, is a species of tropical pitcher plant native to East Kalimantan, Borneo. It is known only from a restricted geographical range and is listed as Near Threatened on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.Nepenthes mapuluensis has no known...
, as well as the natural hybrids N. × alisaputrana and N. × sarawakiensis
Nepenthes × sarawakiensis
Nepenthes × sarawakiensis is a natural hybrid involving N. muluensis and N. tentaculata. It is quite a rare plant as one of its parent species, N. muluensis, is only known from several isolated mountains.-References:...
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