Nepenthes kampotiana
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Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant
native to southern Cambodia
, eastern Thailand
, and western Vietnam
. The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.
This species is closely related to N. chang
. Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.
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...
native to southern Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, eastern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, and western Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.
This species is closely related to N. chang
Nepenthes chang
Nepenthes chang is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Banthad Mountains of central Thailand, where it grows at elevations of 300–600 m above sea level...
. Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.