Nepenthes burkei explained

Nepenthes burkei, named after British plant collector David Burke, is a tropical pitcher plant native to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, where it grows at an elevation of 1100–2000 m.^[1] It is very closely related to N. sibuyanensis and N. ventricosa. It has only recently entered wider cultivation.

Infraspecific taxa

Two varieties of N. burkei have been described.

• Nepenthes burkei var. excellens Hort.Veitch ex Marshall (1890)
• Nepenthes burkei var. prolifica Mast. (1890)^[2]

Natural hybrids

• N. alata × N. burkei

Further reading

• [Anonymous] 1889. Nepenthes at Messrs. Veitch's. The Gardeners' Chronicle, series 3, 6(145): 388.
• [Anonymous] 1889. Nepenthes Burkeii. The Gardeners' Chronicle, series 3, 6(151): 566.
• Bauer, U., C.J. Clemente, T. Renner & W. Federle 2012. Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(1): 90–102.
• Co, L. & W. Suarez 2012. Nepenthaceae. Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines.
• Jarry-Desloges, R. 1903. Variétés nouvelles ou rares de Nepenthes. Le Jardin 17: 72.
• Kurata, S. 1968. Mindoro/North Borneo Expedition. Part 1&2. The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society No. 45.
• Kurata, S. & M. Toyoshima 1972. Philippine species of Nepenthes. The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 26(1): 155–158. Abstract
• Macfarlane, J.M. 1927. The Philippine species of Nepenthes. The Philippine Journal of Science 33(2): 127–140.
• McPherson, S.R. & V.B. Amoroso 2011. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
• McPherson, S. & T. Gronemeyer 2008. Die Nepenthesarten der Philippinen: eine Fotodokumentation. Das Taublatt 60: 34–78.
• Meimberg, H. 2002. Molekular-systematische Untersuchungen an den Familien Nepenthaceae und Ancistrocladaceae sowie verwandter Taxa aus der Unterklasse Caryophyllidae s. l.. Ph.D. thesis, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich.
• Meimberg, H. & G. Heubl 2006. Introduction of a nuclear marker for phylogenetic analysis of Nepenthaceae. Plant Biology 8(6): 831–840.

External links

• Photographs of N. burkei at the Carnivorous Plant Photofinder

Notes and References

1. McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
2. Masters, M.T. 1890. New or noteworthy plants. Nepenthes Burkeii Mast. var. prolifica. The Gardeners' Chronicle, series 3, 8(190): 184.