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Nepenthes

The genus Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants or Monkey Cups) in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae contains roughly 80-100 species, (depending on author), several natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are carnivorous or insectivorous plants of the old world tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar (2 species) and the Seychelles (1); southward to Australia (1) and New Caledonia (1); and northward to India (1) and Sri Lanka (1).

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  • Nepenthes, Nepenthaceae, Monkey cup, Tropical pitcher plant
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