Nepenthes mindanaoensis

{{short description|Tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines}}

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|image = Nepenthes_mindanaoensis_ASR_072007_legaspi_mindanao.jpg

|image_caption = Nepenthes mindanaoensis. Mount Legaspi, Mindanao, Philippines.

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clarke, C.M. |date=2018 |title=Nepenthes mindanaoensis |volume=2018 |page=e.T48993950A143971322 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T48993950A143971322.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus = Nepenthes

|species = mindanaoensis

|authority = Sh.Kurata (2001){{in lang|ja|en}} Kurata, S. 2001. スマトラ島およびミンダナオ島産ウツボカズラの2新種(英文). [Two new species of Nepenthes from Sumatra (Indonesia) and Mindanao (Philippines).] Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society 52(2): 30–34.

|synonyms_ref = Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Typification and redelimitation of Nepenthes alata with notes on the N. alata group, and N. negros sp. nov. from the Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(5): 616–622. {{doi|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x}}Schlauer, J. N.d. [http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi?name=Nepenthes+mindanaoensis Nepenthes mindanaoensis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924060239/http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi?name=Nepenthes+mindanaoensis |date=2015-09-24 }}. Carnivorous Plant Database.

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|Nepenthes alata
auct. non Blanco: Danser (1928)Danser, B.H. 1928. [http://www.omnisterra.com/botany/cp/pictures/nepenthe/dansermg/dans11.htm 1. Nepenthes alata Blanco]. [pp. 258–262] In: The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438.
[=N. abalata/N. alata/N. benstonei/
N. copelandii/N. eustachya/N. graciliflora/
N. mindanaoensis/N. mirabilis/
N. negros/N. philippinensis]Clarke, C. & C.C. Lee 2012. [http://www.sbg.org.sg/Bulletin/166_1295.pdf A revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) from Gunung Tahan, Peninsular Malaysia.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007001859/http://www.sbg.org.sg/Bulletin/166_1295.pdf |date=2013-10-07 }} Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 64(1): 33–49.Schlauer, J. N.d. [http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi?name=Nepenthes+alata Nepenthes alata]. Carnivorous Plant Database.

|Nepenthes petiolata
auct. non Danser: Sh.Kurata & Toyosh. (1966)

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Nepenthes mindanaoensis ({{IPAc-en|n|ᵻ|ˈ|p|ɛ|n|θ|iː|z|_|ˌ|m|ɪ|n|d|ən|aʊ|ˈ|ɛ|n|s|ɪ|s}}; "from Mindanao") is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Dinagat.McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.

Nepenthes mindanaoensis belongs to the informal "N. alata group", which also includes N. alata, N. ceciliae, N. copelandii, N. extincta, N. graciliflora, N. hamiguitanensis, N. kitanglad, N. kurata, N. leyte, N. negros, N. ramos, N. saranganiensis, and N. ultra.Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1–23. {{doi|10.5852/ejt.2013.69}}Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ramos (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Mindanao, Philippines. Willdenowia 43(1): 107–111. {{doi|10.3372/wi.43.43112}}Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Nepenthes ultra (Nepenthaceae), a new species from Luzon, Philippines. Blumea, published online on October 24, 2013. {{doi|10.3767/000651913X675124}} These species are united by a number of morphological characters, including winged petioles, lids with basal ridges on the lower surface (often elaborated into appendages), and upper pitchers that are usually broadest near the base.

Nepenthes alata var. ecristata—described by John Muirhead Macfarlane in his 1908 monograph, "Nepenthaceae"Macfarlane, J.M. 1908. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler. Das Pflanzenreich IV, III, Heft 36: 1–91.—was briefly considered a synonym of N. mindanaoensis, then regarded as a species in its own right (N. kurata), before that species was synonymised with N. ramos.Gronemeyer, T., W. Suarez, H. Nuytemans, M. Calaramo, A. Wistuba, F.S. Mey & V.B. Amoroso 2016. Two new Nepenthes species from the Philippines and an emended description of Nepenthes ramos. Plants 5(2): 23. {{doi|10.3390/plants5020023}}

Nepenthes mindanaoensis upper pitcher.jpg|A light-coloured upper pitcher from Dinagat

Nepenthes mindanaoensis aerial pitcher.jpg|An upper pitcher with darker pigmentation from Dinagat

Nepenthes mindanaoensis pitcher Mt Masay.jpg|A lower pitcher from Mount Masay, Mindanao

Nepenthes mindanaoensis Mt Masay.jpg|An epiphytic plant from Mount Masay

Nepenthes mindanaoensis Mt Hamiguitan.jpg|An upper pitcher from Mount Hamiguitan, Mindanao