Nepenthes vieillardii

Nepenthes vieillardii (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌviːɛˈlɑːrdiaɪ/; after Eugène Vieillard, collector of plants from New Caledonia and Tahiti between 1861 and 1867) is a species of pitcher plant endemic to the island of New Caledonia. Its distribution is the most easterly of any Nepenthes species. Its natural habitat is shrublands or forests, to about 900 metres (3,000 ft) altitude.^[1]

Nepenthes vieillardii
A lower pitcher of Nepenthes vieillardii from Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
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. vieillardii
Binomial name
Nepenthes vieillardii Hook.f. (1873)[2]
Synonyms
Synonyms Nepenthes ampullaria auct. non Jack: Jeanneney (1894) Nepenthes bongso auct. non Korth.: Guillaum. (1911) Nepenthes distillatoria auct. non L.: Jeanneney (1894) Nepenthes humilis S.Moore (1921) Nepenthes montrouzieri Dub. (1906) Nepenthes neocaledonica F.Muell. ex Heckel (1892) nom.nud. Heterochresonyms Nepenthes vieillardii auct. non Hook.f.: Danser (1928);[3] Jebb (1991)[4] [=N. lamii/N. vieillardii] Nepenthes vieillardii auct. non Hook.f.: Hort. ex Studnička (1989) [=N. mirabilis]

Tripteroides caledonicus mosquitoes breed in the pitchers of this species.^[5]

Infraspecific Taxa

• Nepenthes vieillardii var. deplanchei Dub. (1906)
• Nepenthes vieillardii var. humilis (Moore) Guilliaum. (1964)
• Nepenthes vieillardii var. minima Guillaum. (1953)
• Nepenthes vieillardii var. montrouzieri (Dub.) Macfarl. (1908)^[6]