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Nepenthes izumiae is a climbing tropical pitcher plant from upper montane forest in West Sumatra, growing mostly as an epiphyte on mossy branches at 1,700–1,900 m. It needs cool, humid, high-altitude-style conditions with bright but diffuse light.
Nepenthes izumiae is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it grows in montane forest at 1,700–1,900 m above sea level. It appears to be most closely related to N. lingulata and N. singalana.
The specific epithet izumiae honours Izumi Davis, wife of Troy Davis, one of the describing authors.
Nepenthes izumiae has only been recorded from two peaks north of Bukittinggi in the Barisan Mountains of West Sumatra, Indonesia. In the interests of conservation, the exact locality was not disclosed in the formal description. The species has an altitudinal range of 1,700–1,900 m above sea level.
Nepenthes abalata · Nepenthes abgracilis · Nepenthes adnata · Nepenthes aenigma · Nepenthes alata · Nepenthes alba · Nepenthes albomarginata · Nepenthes alfredoi · Nepenthes alzapan · Flask-Shaped Pitcher-Plant · Nepenthes andamana · Nepenthes angasanensis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nepenthes izumiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
