Kota Kinabalu: World authority on the ecology of pitcher plants Dr Charles Clarke has discovered a new species in Sabah.
It has been named Nepenthes chaniana (Nepenthaceae) after Sabahan Datuk CL Chan, who has become the first Malaysian to gets a nepenthes species named after him.
The species was found on Gunung Alab - the highest peak on the Crocker Range Park, which also means a protected habitat.
It has been named Nepenthes chaniana (Nepenthaceae) after Sabahan Datuk CL Chan, who has become the first Malaysian to gets a nepenthes species named after him.
The species was found on Gunung Alab - the highest peak on the Crocker Range Park, which also means a protected habitat.
Continue reading (incl. pic) at: New pitcher plant species in Sabah that went unnoticed
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