Nepenthes tentaculata

Nepenthes tentaculata /nɪˈpɛnθiːz tɛnˌtækjuːˈlɑːtə/, or the fringed pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant with a wide distribution across Borneo and Sulawesi. It grows at altitudes of 400–2550 m. The specific epithet tentaculata is derived from the Latin word tentacula, meaning 'tentacles', and refers to the multicellular appendages on the upper surface of the pitcher lid. Nepenthes tentaculata was formally described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in his 1873 monograph, 'Nepenthaceae', based on specimens collected by Thomas Lobb in 1853. In subsequent years, N. tentaculata was featured in a number of publications by eminent botanists such as Frederick William Burbidge (1882), Odoardo Beccari (1886), Ernst Wunschmann (1891), Otto Stapf (1894), Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1895), Jacob Gijsbert Boerlage (1900), Elmer Drew Merrill (1921), and Frederik Endert (1925). John Muirhead Macfarlane's 1908 monograph included a revised description and illustration of the species. Macfarlane also wrote about N. tentaculata in the Journal of the Linnean Society in 1914. An emended Latin diagnosis and botanical description of N. tentaculata were provided by B. H. Danser in his seminal monograph 'The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies', published in 1928. Two infraspecific taxa have been described: Nepenthes tentaculata is a climbing plant. The stem may reach a length of 3 m and is up to 5 mm in diameter. Internodes are circular to triangular in cross section and up to 10 cm long.