Nepenthes macfarlanei

Nepenthes macfarlanei (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌmækfɑːrˈleɪniaɪ/; after John Muirhead Macfarlane, botanist) is a carnivorous pitcher plant species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It produces attractive red-speckled pitchers. Lower pitchers are ovoid or infundibular in the lower half and globose or cylindrical above and up to 25 cm high. Upper (aerial) pitchers are of a lighter colour with wings reduced to ribs. The lower surface of the lid is densely covered with short, white hairs. This is a characteristic morphological feature of this species, but at present its function is unknown.^[5]

Nepenthes macfarlanei
A lower pitcher of N. macfarlanei
An upper pitcher of N. macfarlanei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. macfarlanei
Binomial name
Nepenthes macfarlanei Hemsl. (1905)
Synonyms
Synonyms Nepenthes gracillima auct. non Ridl.: Danser (1928);[2] Shivas (1984)[3] [=N. alba/N. gracillima/N. macfarlanei/N. ramispina] Heterochresonyms Nepenthes macfarlanei auct. non Hemsl.: Smythies (1965)[4] [=N. lowii]

Natural hybrids

The following natural hybrids involving N. macfarlanei have been recorded.

• N. macfarlanei × N. ramispina^[6]
• N. macfarlanei × N. sanguinea^[6]

• 
  N. macfarlanei × N. ramispina
• 
  N. macfarlanei × N. sanguinea