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About
A distinctive tropical species, *Nepenthes lavicola* is notable for its very prominent bracts, which often overarch the flowers and can reach up to 7 cm long at the base of female inflorescences. It is also unusual in that it bears up to two bracts per pedicel or partial peduncle.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to the Geureudong Massif of Aceh, northern Sumatra, at altitudes between 2,000 and 2,600 m above sea level.
History & etymology
First mentioned by Swiss botanist Albert Friedrich Frey-Wyssling in a 1931 article as an unidentified Nepenthes species.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 2,000–2,600 m
- Altitude Class
- highland
- Native To
- Sumatra
- IUCN Status
- Critically Endangered
Taxonomy
- Described
- 1996
- Authority
- Wistuba & Rischer
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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