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Accession Data:

Nepenthes truncata Macf.

  • Common Name: Tropical Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Nepenthaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Philippines
  • Habitat: Lowland species - warm, bright, humid conditions

  • Culture: Lowland species
  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200300328
  • Source: Matt Opel ex NECPS trade (ex hort)
  • Accession Date: 10-15-2003
  • Bench: 1216 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-29-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Nepenthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Philippines

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
  2. Nepenthes truncata at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
  3. Nepenthes truncata at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:48:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Nepenthes truncata

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Current Accessions in the Nepenthaceae

  • Nepenthes alata
  • Nepenthes albomarginata
  • Nepenthes copelandii W/C
  • Nepenthes maxima
  • Nepenthes mirabilis W/C
  • Nepenthes sanguinea
  • Nepenthes truncata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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